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Illegal Search & Seizure Conviction Reversed
California v. Gyorgy Docket: G061567 (Fourth Appellate District), Opinion Date: July 14, 2023. After the truck defendant-appellant Joseph...
Nick Woodall
Jul 15, 20231 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
AB 600 UPDATE
AB 600, as amended, Ting. Criminal procedure: resentencing. An act to amend Section 1172.1 of the Penal Code, relating to criminal...
Nick Woodall
Jul 13, 20232 min read
AB 958 UPDATE: Amendments Have Weakened Bill
AB 958, as amended, Santiago. Prisons: visitation. An act to amend Sections 2600, 2601, and 6400 of, and to add Sections 2601.5, 6403,...
Nick Woodall
Jul 13, 20232 min read
AB 1310 UPDATE: If Signed Into Law Will Become Automatically Applied
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 13, 20233 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
Cal. Supreme Court Approves Clemency Including LWOP
The Supreme Court today granted Governor Gavin Newsom’s request for permission to commute the life-without-parole sentence of Carlos Cano...
Nick Woodall
Jul 12, 20232 min read
AB 1226 UPDATE
AB 1226, as amended, Haney. Corrections: Placement of incarcerated persons. An act to repeal and add Section 5068 of the Penal Code,...
Nick Woodall
Jul 12, 20232 min read
Murder Conviction Reversed -- SB 1437
People v. Madrigal Court: California Courts of Appeal, Docket: H046577 (Sixth Appellate District), Opinion Date: July 6, 2023. Madrigal...
Nick Woodall
Jul 10, 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
REMANDED: Middle Term Sentence Consideration Required
People v. Gaines Court: California Courts of Appeal, Docket: F083168 (Fifth Appellate District), Opinion Date: July 5, 2023. Defendants...
Nick Woodall
Jul 10, 20232 min read
9th Circuit Remands Cocaine Base Conviction
USA v. Jerramey Roper Court: US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Docket: 22-30021, Opinion Date: July 6, 2023. In 2013, Defendant...
Nick Woodall
Jul 10, 20232 min read
Gang Murder Special Circumstance Reversed
People v. Campbell Docket: A162472 (First Appellate District), Opinion Date: June 30, 2023. Anthony drove the car in which four...
Nick Woodall
Jul 5, 20232 min read
Gang Enhancements Reversed
California v. Fletcher Docket: E077553 (Fourth Appellate District), Opinion Date: June 30, 2023. After a joint trial, defendants and...
Nick Woodall
Jul 5, 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
Supreme Court Reverses SB 1437 Denial
People v. Reyes Court: Supreme Court of California, Docket: S270723, Opinion Date: June 29, 2023. The Supreme Court reversed the judgment...
Nick Woodall
Jun 30, 20231 min read
Full Resentencing Ordered on Court's Error
California v. Codinha Docket: D080633 (Fourth Appellate District), Opinion Date: June 26, 2023. Joseph Codinha appealed an order...
Nick Woodall
Jun 27, 20232 min read
Commissioners Cite Posse Solutions in Grant
Deputy Commissioner Shinaver: And, I do see that you also participated, this looks like something you did on your own. I was pretty...
Nick Woodall
Jun 26, 20231 min read
Strike Sentence Vacated
California v. Farias Court: California Courts of Appeal, Docket: C094195 (Third Appellate District), Opinion Date: June 15, 2023....
Nick Woodall
Jun 17, 20232 min read
LWOP Commutations Approved
6/14/2023--The Supreme Court today approved Governor Gavin Newsom’s request for recommendations to commute the life without parole...
Nick Woodall
Jun 14, 20232 min read
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