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Supreme Court of California - May 2006 Opinion Summaries

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Californians for an Open Primary v. McPherson

Supreme Court of California
Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
The separate-vote provision of the California constitution is a limitation upon legislative power to submit constitutional amendments to the voters....
05/25/2006 S126780

Stephens v. County of Tulare

Supreme Court of California
Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a dispute over whether a county employee, a detention specialist, was dismissed for disability within the meaning of Government Code section 31725,...
05/25/2006 S129794

People v. Johnson

Supreme Court of California
Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Neither Code of Civil Procedure section 2009 nor any other statute expressly authorizes the use of affidavits in lieu of live testimony at suppression...
05/22/2006 S119230

People v. McGee

Supreme Court of California
Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
A criminal defendant does not have a federal constitutional right to have a jury, rather than the court, examine the record of a prior criminal...
05/22/2006 S123474

In re Freeman

Supreme Court of California
Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
In a habeas proceeding in a capital murder case, an order to show cause is discharged where defendant failed to prove the allegations in his petition...
05/18/2006 S122590

San Francisco Fire Fighters Local 798 v. City & County of San Francisco

Supreme Court of California
Civil Rights, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
A judgment ordering a city into binding arbitration of a dispute with a firefighters union is reversed where a rule changing the method by which...
05/18/2006 S131818

People v. Avila

Supreme Court of California
Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
A murder conviction and death sentence is affirmed over claims of error regarding: 1) jury selection issues; 2) jury instruction; 3) sufficiency of...
05/15/2006 S045982

People v. King

Supreme Court of California
Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Penal Code section 12020(a)(1), which prohibits the possession of a variety of weapons, is not a public welfare offense, and the prosecution must...
05/15/2006 S129052

People v. Boyer

Supreme Court of California
Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, International Law, Sentencing
A murder conviction and death sentence is affirmed over claims of error regarding: 1) denial of a suppression motion; 2) a witnesses' immunity...
05/11/2006 S029476

People v. Chatman

Supreme Court of California
Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
A conviction and death sentence for first degree murder is affirmed over claims of error regarding: 1) denial of motions to disqualify the trial judge...
05/08/2006 S032509

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