People v. Johnson (Cal. Ct. App., Oct. 4, 2022, No. C094491) 2022 WL 4905411, at *1–2 Summary: The trial court has broad discretion to impose a lesser uncharged firearm enhancement provided for by Penal Code section 12022.5, subdivision (a), when it exercises its discretion to strike a Penal Code section…
THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. NOLAN TAKAO NONAKA, Defendant and Respondent. (Cal. Ct. App., Sept. 30, 2022, No. 2D CRIM. B313848) 2022 WL 4591497, at *1–3 Summary: The People appeal the denial of the motion for victim restitution, including attorney fees and costs, after Nonaka was convicted by plea…
AB 256 “The Racial Justice Act For All” AB 256 provides relief in cases where a final judgment was entered before January 1, 2021. This bill requires the court, upon a showing of good cause, to order disclosure of evidence related to a potential violation of the prohibition on seeking…
The United States Supreme Court decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n, Inc. v. Bruen (2022) 142 S. Ct. 2111 renders possession of a concealed firearm and criminalizing carrying a loaded firearm on your person or in a vehicle in any public place or on a public street…
ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION, INC., Plaintiff and Appellant, v.The SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, Defendant and Respondent; San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office et al., Real Parties in Interest and Respondents. E076778; Filed September 15, 20222022 WL 4243552 (Cal.App. 4 Dist.) Summary: Background: A Civil-liberties organization filed a petition to unseal search warrants…
The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v.Frank Eli HEARD, Defendant and Appellant; D079237; Filed September 20, 20222022 WL 4353385 (Cal.App. 4 Dist.) Summary: Heard was sentenced to a term of 23 years plus 80 years to life for two counts of attempted willful, deliberate and premeditated murder for a drive-by shooting he…
The PEOPLE, et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v.BOARD OF PAROLE HEARINGS, Defendant and Appellant; Nathan Joshua Ramazzini, Real Party in Interest and Appellant. C093941,Filed September 15, 2022 2022 WL 4244262 (Cal.App. 3 Dist.) Summary: in 1997, Ramazzini was convicted of a first degree murder with a special circumstance he committed…
THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ALAN BUENO, Defendant and Appellant. Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division 1 (D078700;Filed 09/09/20) Summary: Bueno, a prisoner inmate at the time, arranged with a prison employee codefendant to obtain a cellular telephone. Bueno pleaded no contest to one felony count of conspiracy to…
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…