Supreme Court of California - January 2005 Opinion Summaries

PEOPLE v. YOUNG

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Death row inmate raises fourteen meritless points of error on direct appeal.

AM. FIN. SERV. ASS'N v. CITY OF OAKLAND

Banking Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
An Oakland anti-predatory lending ordinance is preempted by Fin. Code sections 4970-4979.8, which fully occupies the field of regulation of predatory...

PEOPLE v. HOWARD

Criminal Law & Procedure
The crime of driving with a willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property while fleeing from a pursuing police officer is not an...

IN RE: DANNENBERG

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
The Board of Prison Terms proceeded lawfully when, without comparing defendant's crime to other second degree murders, it found defendant unsuitable...

PEOPLE v. GONZALEZ

Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's conviction for murder is affirmed where his right to counsel during custodial interrogation was not violated since his statement to police...

HOME INS. CO. v. SUPERIOR CT.

Civil Procedure, Insurance Law
In a single action brought by an insured against both its primary and excess insurers, the interests of the two types of insurers are not necessarily...

PEOPLE v. BETTS

Criminal Law & Procedure
The question whether a California court has jurisdiction to adjudicate a charge of a crime committed in whole or in part outside of the state is a...

BURRIS v. SUPERIOR COURT

Criminal Law & Procedure
Two prior dismissals of a misdemeanor complaint are required before felony prosecution for the same offense will be barred.

PEOPLE v. LOPEZ

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
First degree murder is a violent felony that is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for life, and therefore it is not subject to a 10-year...