California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

People v. Mata

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a prosecution in which the trial court disallowed a peremptory challenge by the prosecution against a prospective juror as impermissibly...

People v. Haraszewski

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a prosecution for 23 counts of various sex crimes involving four minors: 1) convictions for posing or modeling minors in violation of Penal Code...

Glen Oaks Estates Homeowners Ass'n v. Re/Max Premier Properties, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit by a homeowners association (HOA) against two realtor groups, the trial court's sustaining of demurrers is reversed insofar as it determined...

Lin v. Jeng

Attorney's Fees, Property Law & Real Estate
In a partition action that resulted in ownership interests for each of seven siblings, the trial court's order granting and denying attorney's fees...

People v. Kunath

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a case in which the defendant pled guilty to and was sentenced to concurrent 16-month sentences in a single hearing for two different crimes...

Marriage of Falcone

Attorney's Fees, Family Law, Sanctions
In five appeals brought in propria persona in dissolution of marriage proceedings, the court finds that the appellant is a vexatious litigant and...

Pickett v. Superior Court (99 Cent Only Stores)

Civil Procedure, Judges & Judiciary
A petition for an extraordinary writ of mandate is granted, directing the superior court to vacate its order striking a peremptory challenge to a...

People v. Cardwell

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
On appeal of a conviction of burglary by use of an acetylene torch to cut a hole in the exterior steel door of a Best Buy to gain entry into the...

Building a Better Redondo, Inc. v. City of Redondo Beach

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Elections, Property Law & Real Estate
On appeal of a writ of mandate compelling the City of Redondo Beach to submit a local coastal program amendment to public vote in compliance with a...

People v. Sanders

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
On appeal from a judgment committing the appellant to a two-year term as a sexually violent predator pursuant to a stipulated agreement, the judgment...