THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ALBERT GARCIA, Defendant and Appellant. (Cal. Ct. App., Sept. 2, 2022, No. C093430) 2022 WL 4007827, at *1 Summary: Garcia physically assaulted and stole money from an 82-year-old man, who died about an hour later from lethal cardiac arrhythmia. A jury found Garcia guilty…
People v. Ramirez (Cal., Aug. 25, 2022, No. S099844) 2022 WL 3653756, at *1 Ramirez was convicted of a variety of crimes including murder and sentenced to death. Motion To Disqualify the Prosecutor’s Office at Trial Ramirez moved to disqualify the Kern County District Attorney’s Office on two grounds because…
People v. Aguayo (Cal., Aug. 25, 2022, No. S254554) 2022 WL 3652056, at *1 Summary: Aguayo was charged with and convicted of both assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm (Pen. Code,1 § 245, subd. (a)(1)), and assault by means of force likely to cause great bodily injury…
People v. Hendrix (Cal., Aug. 22, 2022, No. S265668) 2022 WL 3581973 Summary: Hendrix walked around a house to the backyard, opened a screen door, and unsuccessful tried to open the locked glass door behind it. Hendrix then sat down on a bench and stayed there. Hendrix was sitting on…
People v. Guillory (Cal. Ct. App., Aug. 17, 2022, No. A161952) 2022 WL 3442330, at *1–5 Summary: Guillory, convicted in 2004 of kidnapping, carjacking, robbing, and murder argued that she qualifies for relief under the new felony murder resentencing law law because the jury rejected a special circumstances allegation regarding…
People v. Strong (Cal., Aug. 8, 2022, No. S266606) 2022 WL 3148797 Summary: Strong was convicted of felony murder with findings as to special circumstance allegations that he was “major participant” who acted “with reckless indifference to human life.” He filed a petition for resentencing based on narrowing of felony-murder…
THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JERRY VANG, Defendant and Appellant. (Cal. Ct. App., Aug. 5, 2022, No. C090365) 2022 WL 3131574, at *1 Summary: Vang was convicted of first degree felony murder of his wife. After an argument with his wife, she fled in her car, Vang followed, eventually…
People v. Henson (Cal., Aug. 1, 2022, No. S252702) 2022 WL 3023508 Summary: Henson was charged with unlawfully driving or taking a vehicle after having suffered three prior felony theft convictions involving vehicles, and was subsequently charged in in a separate case with unlawfully driving or taking a vehicle after…
People v. McCune (Cal. Ct. App., July 25, 2022, No. A163579) 2022 WL 2913888, at *1–4 Summary:McCune appealed from an order awarding victim restitution, claiming the court lost jurisdiction to order restitution when it terminated his probation early after a change to the Penal Code that shortened his probationary term…
THE PEOPLE, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Respondent; JESSICA ORTIZ, Real Party in Interest. (Cal. Ct. App., July 28, 2022, No. E077594) 2022 WL 2981170, at *1–2 Summary:Penal Code section 1001.95 authorizes superior court judges to offer pretrial diversion, over the prosecution’s objection, to persons being prosecuted…