People v. Mendoza Docket: B306169 (Second Appellate District), Opinion Date: February 3, 2022. Defendant appealed the trial court's judgment entered following a jury trial in which he was convicted of attempted extortion; attempted robbery; assault with a deadly weapon; assault with force likely to cause great bodily injury; assault with a deadly weapon; and dissuading a witness. The Court of Appeal concluded that substantial evidence supported defendant's conviction for exto

California v. Waxlax Docket: E074347 (Fourth Appellate District), Opinion Date: December 9, 2021. During an altercation outside a bar...