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Supreme Court of California - August 2009 Opinion Summaries

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People v. Brookfield
Supreme Court of California
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing 
Court of appeals' judgment upholding a life sentence but reversing an enhanced punishment imposed on a defendant convicted of a gang-related crime in...
08/31/2009 S147980
People v. Jones
Supreme Court of California
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing 
Court of appeals' application of a 20-year sentence enhancement under Penal Code section 12022.53(c) to a defendant convicted of a gang-related crime...
08/31/2009 S148463
People v. Moye
Supreme Court of California
Criminal Law & Procedure 
In a second degree murder case, Court of Appeal's judgment reversing defendant's murder conviction based on its determination that the trial court's...
08/24/2009 S157980
21st Centruy Ins. Co. v. Quintana
Supreme Court of California
Criminal Law & Procedure 
In a case against an automobile insurance company, the Court of Appeal's judgment is affirmed where, although the made-whole rule applies in the...
08/24/2009 S154790
People v. Rodriguez
Supreme Court of California
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing 
Court of appeal's ruling reversing defendant's sentence for assault with a firearm, on the ground that section 654 prohibits against multiple...
08/21/2009 S159497
Christoff v. Nestle USA
Supreme Court of California
Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property  (Industry: Food & Beverage)
In an action brought by a professional model for the misappropriation of his likeness by defendant-Nestle, a court of appeal ruling reversing a trial...
08/17/2009 S155242
In re Julian R.
Supreme Court of California
Criminal Law & Procedure, Juvenile Law, Sentencing  (Industry: Food & Beverage)
Juvenile defendant's sentence is affirmed where: 1) a statement of maximum period of confinement need only be written and not orally pronounced in...
08/17/2009 S159282
People v. Martinez
Supreme Court of California
Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing  (Industry: Food & Beverage)
Conviction for first degree murder and other crimes and sentence to death is affirmed where: 1) the trial court did not err in failing to conduct a...
08/13/2009 S064574
Imperial Merchant Services, Inc. v. Hunt
Supreme Court of California
Bankruptcy Law, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection, Remedies  (Industry: Food & Beverage)
In a bankruptcy action decided on request of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the Supreme Court of California concludes that...
08/10/2009 S163577
People v. McWhorter
Supreme Court of California
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing  (Industry: Food & Beverage)
Conviction for first degree murder and sentence to death is modified and affirmed where: 1) the first part of defendant's confession was freely and...
08/06/2009 S068536

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