California Court of Appeal: Right to Withdraw Plea 23 Years After Entered Because Counsel Failed to Properly Advise of Immigration Consequences and Defendant Mistakenly Believed Permanent Resident Status Barred Adverse Immigration Consequences by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, ruled that …
California Court of Appeal: At Felony-Murder Resentencing Hearing, Court May Not Deny Relief Based on Findings That Are Inconsistent With Previous Acquittal by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Court of Appeal of California, First Appellate District, held that “a trial court cannot deny relief in a § 1170.95 proceeding …
News in Brief by Alabama: WBMA in Birmingham reported that a former probation officer in Fayette County was convicted of sexual misconduct on Dec. 8, 2022. The former officer, Michael Steven Painter, 51, was found guilty on charges of using his office for personal gain and custodial sexual misconduct — …
California Court of Appeal Announces the People Are Not Entitled to Have Privately Retained Psychological Expert Testify at Trial of SVPA Petition by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, held that the Sexually Violent Predator Act, Welf. & Inst. Code § 6600 …
Los Angeles: Police Union Resists Changes to Pretextual Stops by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins In March 2022, the Los Angeles Police Commission, an oversight board of the LAPD, implemented minor policy changes to the way the department conducts pretextual stops. According to the Los Angeles Times, officers “can no …
California Court of Appeal: Kill-Zone Theory Principles Articulated in Canizales Are Retroactive to Judgments That Were Final at Time of Decision by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett The Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, reiterated the kill zone theory principles set forth by the California Supreme Court in …
Abusive Cop in Vallejo, California, Has Cost the Taxpayers More $500,000 in Settlements; Latest Brutality Victim Is a Marine Veteran and Stanford Grad by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott The City of Vallejo, California, agreed to pay Adrian L. Burrell $300,000 to settle an excessive force lawsuit brought …
Estate of Christopher Zumalt v. County of Riverside, CA, Complaint, Wrongful Death-Medical Neglect, 2023 Case 5:21-cv-01791-JGB-SP Document 45 Filed 01/04/23 Page 1 of 17 Page ID #:385 John Burton, State Bar No. 86029 THE LAW OFFICES OF JOHN BURTON 2 128 North Fair Oaks Avenue Pasadena, California 91103 3 Tel: …
California Cop Honored as ‘Employee of the Month’ Charged With Over a Dozen Sex-Related Crimes, Bail Set at $4.15 Million by Kaden Gicker by Kaden Gicker A former police officer in Stockton, California, was arrested on Nov. 9, 2022, suspected of committed a number of sex crimes. The Record and …
Ninth Circuit Announces District Courts May Consider First Step Act’s Non-Retroactive Changes to Sentencing Law When Deciding Motion for Compassionate Release by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On an issue upon which the circuits are split, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that district courts may …
Across the Nation, Cops Use ‘Fog Reveal’ to Track More Than 250 Million Mobile Devices by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney According to a September 2022 report from AP News, law enforcement agencies from suburban Southern California to rural North Carolina are using an obscure cellphone tracking tool known as …
News in Brief by Arizona: A police officer in Scottsdale was arrested on Nov. 4, 2022, after allegedly causing a car crash while intoxicated. AZFamily reported that officer Michael Lanouar, a police detective, was taken into custody on suspicion that he had been driving a city-leased car while under the …
Roe v. State of California, CA, Complant, Sexual Assault, 2022 Case 1:22-cv-01574-JLT-SAB Document 4 Filed 12/12/22 Page 1 of 21 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Robert Chalfant (State Bar No. 203051) LAW OFFICE OF ROBERT CHALFANT 5701 Lonetree Blvd., Suite 312 Rocklin, California 95765 Telephone: (916) 647-7728 Facsimile: …
Progam for Historical Reconciliation-Executive Report at the California Medical Facillity, Dec. 2022 Content warning: This report contains disturbing details related to human subject research conducted on incarcerated individuals by UCSF faculty and may be harmful and/or traumatizing, particularly for individuals who have personal experiences with oppression. Program for Historical Reconciliation …
Doe v. State of California, CA, Complaint, Sexual Assault, 2022 Case 1:22-cv-01569-JLT-SAB Document 8 Filed 12/08/22 Page 1 of 25 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Robert Chalfant (State Bar No. 203051) LAW OFFICE OF ROBERT CHALFANT 5701 Lonetree Blvd., Suite 312 Rocklin, California 95765 Telephone: (916) 647-7728 Facsimile: …
Estate of Randall Johnson v. Shasta County, CA, Order Granting Plaintiff's Motion to Reopen Discovery, Wrongful Death, 2022 Case 2:19-cv-01722-JAM-DB Document 158 Filed 12/07/22 Page 1 of 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 RANDALL SCOTT JOHNSON, DECEASED, …
San Francisco Board of Supervisors Approve Use of Killer Robots in Increasingly Militarized Police Department by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On November 29, 2022, the city of San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors approved the use of killer robots for law enforcement. The San Francisco Police Department had …
Ballew v. City of Pasadena, CA, Order Re Motion for Summary Judgment, Racial Discrimination, 2022 Case 2:18-cv-00712-FMO-AS Document 167 Filed 11/23/22 Page 1 of 62 Page ID #:2988 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 CHRISTOPHER A. BALLEW, 11 …
DOJ: Unlawful Snitching Program Run by the Orange County, California, DA’s Office and Sheriff’s Department Compromised Unknown Number of Convictions by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott The U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a bombshell report on October 13, 2022, revealing that the Orange County District Attorney’s Office …
Seventh Circuit Announces Adoption of Uniform Procedure to Be Followed Where Plea Agreement Includes an ‘Appeal Waiver’ and Defendant Files Notice of Appeal by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit clarified its uniform procedure for disposition of cases in which a plea …
