People v. Shumake (Cal. App. Dep’t Super. Ct., Dec. 16, 2019, No. 6093) 2019 WL 8128736 Stop by Specialized Dui Patrol Officer: Admission that driver had marijuana in the car While on specialized DUI patrol Berkeley Police Officer Megan Jones stopped a Hyundai with no front license plate, a violation…
People v. Medellin (Cal. Ct. App., Feb. 20, 2020, No. F076022) 2020 WL 830758 The Court of Appeal reversed Samuel Medellin’s convictions for assault with force likely to cause great bodily injury, and their accompanying enhancements for inflicting great bodily injury. The Court found that the prosecutor prejudicially misstated the…
People v. Wear (Cal. Ct. App., Feb. 4, 2020, No. A152732) 2020 WL 549310 FACTS: Defendant James Wear and his friend, Brandon Lowell, arranged to meet an acquaintance, Ryan Rossknecht. Wear intended to buy or steal a gun from Rossknecht and possibly to supply him with heroin. During the meeting,…
People v. Mendoza, 2020 WL 562981 (Cal.App. 4 Dist., 2020) Conviction for transporting cocaine reversed because of no reasonable suspicion to detain Facts: Blanca Luna Mendoza was convicted of transporting for sale more than four kilograms of cocaine based on evidence a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent acquired after…
Thomas Keel will have his 1987 conviction for Second Degree Murder vacated after San Francisco Assistant Deputy District Attorney Allison Macbeth stipulated that Mr. Keel was eligible for re-sentencing under SB 1437, at a hearing in San Francisco Superior Court held on February 7, 2009. Superior Court Judge Brendan Conroy…
The People, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Daniel Cervantes, Defendant and Appellant.(Court of Appeal, Second District, Division 6); No. B298077; Filed 1/30/2020; 2020 WL 486867 Re-sentencing under Penal Code section 1170.95 Penal Code section 1170.95, subdivision (a) provides that , a person convicted of first degree or second degree murder under…
Except in cases involving a commercial license, attending traffic school should mask the conviction pursuant to Vehicle Code section 1808.7 Vehicle Code section 1808.7 and traffic school Vehicle Code section 1808.7 provides for masking of infractions for which a driver attended traffic school. It states that: The record of the…
People v. Taylor (Cal. Ct. App., Jan. 6, 2020, No. B293881) 2020 WL 5698 Summary: A jury convicted Isaac Taylor of kidnapping to commit robbery as well as of the robbery itself. Taylor used a gun to back David Ho four steps towards a dark alley, where Taylor took Ho’s…
People v. Lewis, 2020 WL 57841 (Cal.App. 2 Dist.) (Cal.App. 2 Dist., 2020) Appeal of trial court denial of petition for re-sentencing without appointment of counsel Defendant Vincent E. Lewis was convicted of first degree premeditated murder in 2012, his conviction was affirmed on appeal in 2014. In January 2019,…
People v. Arredondo, 2019 WL 6834808 Supreme Court of California, S244166, December 16, 2019 John Arredondo was convicted of lewd acts on child under age 14, lewd act on child under age 16, oral copulation with a child under age 14, and sexual penetration with child under age 14 and…