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Case #	Name	Category	Court	Judge	Published
H034305	People v. Xinos Court errs in denying motion to suppress evidence of electronic data gathered from defendant’s vehicle for lack of probable cause.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 9, 2011
E049093	People v. Moreno Court errs in denying defendant’s motion for discovery of materials in victim’s personnel file related to propensity for violence related to defendant’s self-defense theory.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 9, 2011
09-35190	McLeod v. Astrue Order				Feb. 9, 2011
09-35276	Lee v. Lampert, Order				Feb. 9, 2011
A128295	Joshua S., a Minor Court fails to exercise its discretion in denying minor’s deferred entry of judgment without determining minor’s eligibility and other factors.	Juveniles			Feb. 9, 2011
B223698	Daisy H., a Minor Court lacks jurisdiction over dependency proceedings where there is insufficient evidence to support finding children are at risk of physical harm.	Juveniles			Feb. 9, 2011
09-35190	McLeod v. Astrue Administrative law judge's failure to help applicant develop record by putting VA disability determination into record is reasonably likely to have been prejudicial.	Administrative Agencies			Feb. 8, 2011
09-10396	U.S. v. Krupa Search warrant is valid where discovery of single image of child pornography is accompanied by exigent circumstances to support finding of probable cause.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 8, 2011
09-16378	Infuturia Global Ltd. v. Sequus Pharmaceuticals Inc. Removal jurisdiction is proper under Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards where defendant raises defense related to foreign arbitration award.	Civil Procedure			Feb. 8, 2011
C065356	People v. Ochoa Court errs in issuing no-visitation order against alleged sexual offense child victim because defendant was never sentenced for the alleged crime.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 8, 2011
C063758	People v. Pham Attempted murder convictions are valid where defendant shoots at crowd with intent to kill specific individuals that, unknown to defendant, were not present.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 8, 2011
B218171	Arechiga v. Dolores Press Inc. Janitor who entered into explicit mutual wage agreement with employer cannot seek payment for overtime wages when salary covered overtime work.	Employment Law			Feb. 8, 2011
F059492	Anders v. Superior Court (Meritage Homes of California Inc.) Builder may not require homeowners to comply with statutory prelitigation procedures after its contractual alternative prelitigation procedures were found unenforceable.	Contracts			Feb. 8, 2011
09-15651	R.P. v. Prescott Unified School District School district is not entitled to attorney fees where parents’ claim under Individuals with Disabilities Education Act was unsuccessful, but not frivolous.	Education			Feb. 7, 2011
D055649	People v. Higgins Prosecutor’s questioning and remarks regarding defense expert’s previous trial experience aimed to cast him in unfavorable light is reversible misconduct.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 7, 2011
D055655	People v. Bolton Double Jeopardy Clause does not preclude imposition of additional sentence on count on which defendant was not convicted in first trial.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 7, 2011
08-30445	U.S. v. Fox District court errs in reducing defendant’s sentence when it ignored Sentencing Commission’s Policy Statement, which has authority in interpreting sentencing guidelines.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 7, 2011
B222025	Sharp v. Superior Court (People) Amendment to discovery law authorizes court to order psychiatric examination of defendant, who pleads not guilty by reason of insanity, by prosecution-retained expert.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 4, 2011
E047943	Dakota Payphone LLC v. Alcaraz Although court lacks jurisdiction to rule on motion for new trial outside of statutory period, court retains jurisdiction to modify void judgment.	Civil Procedure			Feb. 4, 2011
S173309	People v. Ary Due process violation does not occur where trial court placed burden of proving incompetence on defendant at retrospective competency hearing.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 4, 2011
S093456	People v. Thomas Defendant’s inculpatory statements made during interview at crime scene are not suppressible because defendant was not in 'custody' for purposes of 'Miranda.'	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 4, 2011
S188453	People v. Sanchez Order				Feb. 4, 2011
S188238	People v. Elmore Order				Feb. 4, 2011
S188449	Sasser (Albert) on Habeas Corpus Order				Feb. 4, 2011
S182670	Emery v. Clark Order				Feb. 4, 2011
D055965	People v. Keeper Court is not required to instruct jury to consider all factors surrounding mentally impaired person's testimony where witness was not dependent on others for care.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 4, 2011
05-77397	Malilia v. Holder Immigration judge errs in denying petitioner’s request for continuance on ground of administrative delay where delay was not attributable to petitioner.	Immigration			Feb. 4, 2011
09-15808	Albano v. Shea Homes Limited Partnership Order				Feb. 4, 2011
08-17715	Barnum Timber Co. v. United States Environmental Protection Agency Owner of nonindustrial timberlands has standing to sue based on devalued property caused by government’s decision to retain watershed as impaired water body.	Environmental Law			Feb. 4, 2011
10-10036	U.S. v. Smith For Fourth Amendment purposes, seizure of suspect occurs after he fled from police officer’s presence when officer had reasonable suspicion to effectuate seizure.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 4, 2011