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Legal Victory: Motion to Suppress Evidence Granted
Boitez v. Super. Ct. Docket: C098102 (Third Appellate District), Opinion Date: November 7, 2023. Petitioner Juan Boitez moved to suppress...
Nick Woodall
Nov 8, 20232 min read
Cal Supreme Reverses Exception to Hearsay Ruling
People v. Gray Court: Supreme Court of California, Docket: S269237, Opinion Date: August 14, 2023. The Supreme Court reversed the...
Nick Woodall
Aug 21, 20232 min read
AB 1310 Gets New Amendments To Stay Alive
AB 1310, as amended, McKinnor. Sentencing: recall and resentencing. An act to add Section 1385.2 to the Penal Code, relating to...
Nick Woodall
Jul 14, 20232 min read
REVERSED: Murder Conviction Lacks Finding of Personal Use of Knife
People v. Arnold Docket: B321031 (Second Appellate District), Opinion Date: July 11, 2023. Defendant was convicted of second-degree...
Nick Woodall
Jul 13, 20232 min read
Felony Probation Revocation Reversed
People v. Jackson Court: California Courts of Appeal, Docket: A164649 (First Appellate District), Opinion Date: July 6, 2023. In January...
Nick Woodall
Jul 10, 20232 min read
Concurrent Terms Illegal Under Federal Law
Lora v. United States Docket: 22-49, Opinion Date: June 16, 2023. A federal court imposing multiple prison sentences typically has...
Nick Woodall
Jun 30, 20232 min read
AB 1310 Update
AB 1310, as amended, McKinnor. Sentencing: recall and resentencing. An act to add Section 1385.2 to the Penal Code, relating to...
Nick Woodall
May 19, 20232 min read
Foreign Prior Cannot Support Three Strikes
People v. Hiller Court: California Courts of Appeal, Docket: A165126 (First Appellate District), Opinion Date: May 9, 2023. Based on a...
Nick Woodall
May 18, 20232 min read
Compassionate Release Ordered
Nijmeddin v. Superior Court of Monterey County Court: California Courts of Appeal, Docket: H050870 (Sixth Appellate District), Opinion...
Nick Woodall
Apr 11, 20232 min read
Modified Jury Instruction Results in Reversal
California v. Myles Court: California Courts of Appeal, Docket: D079825 (Fourth Appellate District), Opinion Date: March 23, 2023. Andre...
Nick Woodall
Mar 26, 20232 min read
Sentence Vacated; Remanded Before Different Judge
USA v. Gerardo Farias-Contreras Docket: 21-30055, Opinion Date: February 15, 2023. Defendant appealed his 188-month sentence imposed...
Nick Woodall
Feb 16, 20232 min read
Illegally Excessive Sentence Remanded
USA v. Lonnie Lillard Docket: 18-30106 Opinion Date: January 17, 2023. Defendant was serving a sentence of supervised release for a prior...
Nick Woodall
Jan 24, 20232 min read
Lawsuit Continues Against LAPD Officer in Shooting Death
Paulette Smith v. Edward Agdeppa, et al. Docket: 20-56254, Opinion Date: December 30, 2022. A police officer (Officer) in Los Angeles,...
Nick Woodall
Dec 31, 20222 min read
Gang-Related Convictions Reversed
People v. Velez Docket: F081839 (Fifth Appellate District), Opinion Date: December 2, 2022. Defendant was convicted of attempted murder...
Nick Woodall
Dec 7, 20221 min read
Cal Supreme Court Vacates Assault Conviction
People v. Aguayo Court: Supreme Court of California, Docket: S254554, Opinion Date: August 25, 2022. The Supreme Court reversed the...
Nick Woodall
Aug 26, 20221 min read
Supreme Court Holds That The Gallardo Rule Does Not Apply Retroactively To Final Judgments
8/22/2022—BAD NEWS! In a long awaited decision in In re Milton, Docket: S259954, the California Supreme Court held that the rule...
Nick Woodall
Aug 23, 20222 min read
Prisoner Entitled to First Step Act Hearing
USA v. Shakara Carter Docket: 19-10411, Opinion Date: August 17, 2022. Defendant appealed a district court order granting in part and...
Nick Woodall
Aug 19, 20222 min read
SB 990 Update
SB 990, Hueso. Status: 8/4/2022, has been Set FOR Hearing ON 11-AUG-22 Upon adjournment of Session. Legislative Counsel’s Digest:...
Nick Woodall
Aug 5, 20222 min read
Prisoner's Excessive Force LawSuit Proceeds
Gabbi Lemos v. County Of Sonoma Court: US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Docket: 19-15222, Opinion Date: July 19, 2022....
Nick Woodall
Jul 22, 20222 min read
IAC: On-Bail Enhancement Improper
In re Mazur Docket: D079597 (Fourth Appellate District), Opinion Date: July 14, 2022. Petitioner Matthew Mazur concocted a fraudulent...
Nick Woodall
Jul 15, 20221 min read
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