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People v. Gonzalez
Assembly Bill No. 333 did not alter the status of defendant's prior strike conviction for purposes of the Three Strikes law. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 5DCA Jan. 24, 2024
People v. Helzer
Seizure of items not specifically named in search warrants by police did not support criminal defendant's requested remedy of blanket suppression of the evidence resulting from the search. 		Criminal Law and Procedure CASC Jan. 23, 2024
People v. Hurt
Trial court did not err in consolidating defendant's three separate drug possession cases where defendant's intent to sell methamphetamine was common to the cases. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 3DCA Jan. 23, 2024
People v. Campos
Suppression of electronic evidence obtained without proper post-disclosure notice was unwarranted because defendant ultimately was made aware of the evidence obtained. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 5DCA Jan. 23, 2024
People v. Medrano
Petitioner's second Penal Code Section 1172.6 petition was invalid under law of the case doctrine because there was no new evidence affecting the principle of the law from earlier appeal. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/6 Jan. 23, 2024
Modification: People v. McCray
Defendant's appeal from recommitment order was moot where defendant had been subsequently recommitted. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 1DCA/4 Jan. 23, 2024
People v. Fouse
Redesignating murder counts as different offenses was inappropriate where petitioner entitled to resentencing under Penal Code Section 1172.6 had already been charged with target felony underlying the murder count. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 5DCA Jan. 19, 2024
People v. Frias
Despite trial court's concern that defendant's fourth attorney substitution was a delay tactic, it erred in not granting the request where the new attorney was prepared for trial. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/7 Jan. 17, 2024
Sarmiento v. Superior Court (People)
Trial court erroneously denied mental health diversion for defendant where there was insufficient evidence to show that her symptoms would not respond to treatment. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 4DCA/1 Jan. 11, 2024
Modification: People v. Hall
Criminal defendant's right to jury trial was not violated when trial court relied on aggravating circumstances not found by a jury in selecting his sentence pursuant to a negotiated disposition. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 1DCA/1 Jan. 10, 2024
People v. Lashon
The appellate rules governing forfeiture of issues apply to claims made pursuant to the California Racial Justice Act. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 1DCA/3 Jan. 10, 2024
People v. Coleman
Defense counsel's advice regarding defendant's use of slang and manner of speaking did not indicate racial bias or animus sufficient to support a violation of the Racial Justice Act. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 1DCA/5 Jan. 9, 2024
People v. Alvarez
No exigent circumstances existed alleviating a police officer's warrant obligation before drawing an unconscious man's blood sample. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 4DCA/1 Jan. 3, 2024
Gonzales v. California Victim Compensation Bd.
Grant of writ of habeas corpus for insufficient evidence was not the same as a finding of factual innocence for wrongful incarceration compensation purposes. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/2 Jan. 3, 2024
People v. Campbell
Trial court erred in deciding at the prima facie stage that jury's intent to kill findings precluded relief from first-degree murder conviction as a matter of law. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 1DCA/2 Jan. 2, 2024
U.S. v. Sproat
Judge's instruction to send a deadlocked jury home and return the next morning did not amount to coercion because it did not pressure them to reach a unanimous verdict. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Dec. 29, 2023
U.S. v. Galecki
As defendants failed to establish a personal connection to items seized during a warehouse raid, they lacked standing to assert Fourth Amendment violations. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Dec. 28, 2023
People v. McCray
Defendant's appeal from recommitment order was moot where defendant had been subsequently recommitted. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 1DCA/4 Dec. 27, 2023
U.S. v. De Leon Guerrero
Convictions for enticement of a minor were not error where there existed a predicate offense for each count that the defendant could have been charged for based on his conduct. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Dec. 27, 2023
Modification: People v. Berry-Vierwinden
Defendant's petition for resentencing under Penal Code Section 1172.6 was denied because a direct aider and abettor could not be convicted of lying-in-wait murder on an imputed malice theory. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 4DCA/1 Dec. 27, 2023
People v. Olay
Newly amended Penal Code Section 1385(c) did not apply to the Three Strikes law because the Legislature was silent was to whether it did. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 1DCA/5 Dec. 26, 2023
Walsworth v. Superior Court (People)
Criminal defendant was statutorily entitled to dismissal where he was not given a new trial within 60 days of filing a remittitur with a clerk despite a lack of prejudice. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 3DCA Dec. 22, 2023
People v. Saldana
Criminal defendant entitled to full resentencing where his judgment included qualifying prior prison term enhancements even though the enhancements had been stayed. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 3DCA Dec. 21, 2023
People v. Rojas
Application of Assembly Bill No. 333 to gang-murder special circumstance was not an unlawful amendment of Proposition 21. 		Criminal Law and Procedure CASC Dec. 19, 2023
Modification: People v. Trammel
*Serrato* exception to double jeopardy did not apply because trial court imposed a harsher sentence on remand rather than a more lenient one. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 1DCA/1 Dec. 19, 2023
People v. Diaz
Remand was appropriate where trial court was not made aware of most recent sentencing developments that could have affected defendant's sentencing. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/8 Dec. 19, 2023
People v. Mitchell
Defendant's gang enhancements and sentence were remanded for resentencing under Assembly Bill 333 because there was no sentence in his case before the legislation was enacted. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 5DCA Dec. 18, 2023
People v. Frias
Although defendant had already been granted several requests to substitute in new counsel, denial of the most recent request was reversible error, as the new attorney was ready for trial and was not seeking a continuance. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/7 Dec. 18, 2023
Rodriguez v. Superior Court (People)
For the purposes of Penal Code Section 1370(c)(1), the two-year maximum commitment period continues past the filing of the certificate indicating restored competency, until the court's decision on whether to accept certificate. 		Criminal Law and Procedure CASC Dec. 15, 2023
People v. Manzoor
Reduction of wobbler from felony to misdemeanor offense did not relieve criminal defendant of his lifetime obligation to register as a sex offender because such relief was statutorily barred. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 1DCA/1 Dec. 15, 2023
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