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People v. Lewis
Issuance of involuntary antipsychotic medication order without a full evidentiary hearing did not violate defendant's procedural due process rights. 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Constitutional Law 1DCA/2 Jun. 13, 2025
Rivers v. Guerrero
Petition filed after district court has entered judgment on an initial habeas petition but before appeal is resolved qualifies as a successive petition and must satisfy AEDPA's requirements. 		Criminal Law and Procedure USSC Jun. 13, 2025
Brown v. Attorney General for the State of Nevada
Unplanned ex parte contact between witness for prosecution, her friend, and several jurors was trial error but did not warrant relief because it did not prejudice the defendant. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Jun. 13, 2025
Modification: People v. Jasso
Admission of detective's testimony regarding accomplice's friend's statements made during interview was not error where accomplice's statements were against his interest and defense counsel did not object to detective's testimony. 		Criminal Law and Procedure CASC Jun. 13, 2025
People v. Ortega
Trial court properly denied youthful offender's Penal Code section 1170(d)(1)(A)'s resentencing request when defendant did not meet statutory requirements and equal protection argument was moot. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 4DCA/3 Jun. 16, 2025
People v. Wagstaff
By failing to raise the issue to the trial court, Black defendant forfeited his argument that trial court's statement "you're a strong young buck" violated the Racial Justice Act. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 6DCA Jun. 16, 2025
People v. Wilson
Defense counsel was not ineffective as a matter of law for failing to object to prosecutor's referral to the Black defendant as a "gorilla pimp" during closing arguments to the jury. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/6 Jun. 11, 2025
People v. Nixon
Where defendant used social media to make death threats, complete ban from social media as a condition of release was not unconstitutionally overbroad. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 3DCA Jun. 9, 2025
People v. Nino
Trial court improperly denied Penal Code section 1172.6 resentencing request when, despite being the actual killer, defendant could have been convicted under the now invalid second-degree felony murder statute. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/7 Jun. 6, 2025
People v. Grajeda
Resentencing court's decision denying defendant's request to postpone Penal Code section 1172.75 hearing (invalid prison priors) to allow him to speak with his attorney violated his right to counsel. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/7 Jun. 5, 2025
In re: Joshua Davis
Mandatory Victims Restitution Act permitted victims to seek amended restitution order where they discovered the original order did not include losses that were unclaimed due to government error. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Jun. 4, 2025
Johnson v. U.S.
A conviction of Hobbs Act robbery under a Pinkerton theory of liability functions as a valid predicate "crime of violence" under 18 U.S.C. section 942(c) (firearm enhancement). 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Jun. 4, 2025
People v. Cabrera
Because a 50-year-to-life sentence is the functional equivalent of a life without parole sentence, defendant was eligible for youthful offender relief. 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Juveniles 2DCA/5 Jun. 3, 2025
People v. Emanuel
Trial court improperly dismissed petition for resentencing because the evidence was insufficient to support a finding that unarmed defendant acted with reckless indifference to human life. 		Criminal Law and Procedure CASC Jun. 3, 2025
Schneider v. Superior Court (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept.)
Although Brady motions seeking discovery of exculpatory information in confidential personnel files must use procedures in the Pitchess statutes, the Pitchess limitations on disclosures do not apply to Brady motions. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/7 Jun. 2, 2025
People v. The North River Insurance Company
Trial court erroneously denied surety's request to exonerate bail and set aside forfeiture, where defendant failed to appear in court but subsequently landed in custody in another county. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 5DCA May 30, 2025
U.S. v. Puig Valdes
Defendant's plea agreement withdrawal before the agreement was entered and accepted by the court rendered the factual basis of the plea agreement inadmissible. 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence 9th May 30, 2025
People v. Duenas
Granting defendant's habeas petition vacated the sentence, rendered the judgment nonfinal, and entitled defendant to full resentencing, including application of subsequent ameliorative legislation. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/8 May 29, 2025
People v. Shively
Failure to establish a criminal street gang existed or demonstrate a common, nonreputational benefit to a gang meant gang enhancement was not supported by sufficient evidence. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 4DCA/1 May 29, 2025
U.S. v. Greene
Plain error found where elements of offense used as pseudo-count to calculate offense level for sentencing purposes were not satisfied by facts stipulated by the defendant in plea agreement. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th May 28, 2025
U.S. v. Watson
Defendant's parole agreement requiring that he cooperate with probation officer did not violate his Fifth Amendment rights in subsequent interrogation by police for a separate offense. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th May 27, 2025
People v. Brown
Petitioner, who was sentenced to prison after violating probation, was eligible for Penal Code section 1203.41 relief even though his original sentence did not involve state prison. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/6 May 23, 2025
People v. Mathis
Defendant's failure to raise a section 654 (double punishment) claim during his plea deal resulted in forfeiting the claim. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 1DCA/5 May 23, 2025
Kousisis v. U.S.
Inducing a victim to enter a transaction under materially false pretenses was sufficient to support federal wire fraud conviction even where the defendant did not seek to cause economic loss. 		Criminal Law and Procedure USSC May 23, 2025
People v. Millan
Great bodily injury enhancement to attempted murder of defendant's infant son was not supported by substantial evidence where defendant only proximately caused injury to the infant. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 5DCA May 22, 2025
People v. Richee
Trial court's erroneous instruction to jury on the now defunct natural and consequences doctrine warranted reversal of attempted murder convictions. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 4DCA/3 May 22, 2025
McDaniel v. Superior Court (People)
Good-cause threshold for granting Racial Justice Act discovery request is a low bar--satisfied in this case by a plausible factual foundation, based on specific county-level data, that a violation could have occurred. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 1DCA/3 May 21, 2025
U.S. v. Yafa
District court did not err when it used the gain that resulted from defendants' "pump and dump" securities scheme as an alternative measure for loss. 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Securities 9th May 16, 2025
People v. Horton
Immediate family member of stalking victim could be included in post-conviction protection order because there was evidence the defendant had committed or attempted to commit a harm against him. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/8 May 15, 2025
People v. Hinojos
Because gang enhancement statute punished additional criminal conduct beyond those assessed by the gang conspiracy statute, trial court's imposition of gang enhancements was permissible under Penal Code Section 654. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/1 May 14, 2025
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