California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

People v. McFearson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence of determinate prison term of 14 years 4 months and a consecutive indeterminate prison term of 25 years to life for conviction of various...

Surrey v. TrueBeginnings

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Cyberspace Law, Government Law
In a case of first impression in California involving an online matchmaking service, someone who presents him or herself to a business with the intent...

People v. Belton

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction for corporal injury to a former cohabitant with an enhancement for personally inflicting great bodily injury and felony battery with...

City of Los Angeles v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County

Government Law, Remedies
In a claim that the Government Claims Act applied and limited the class to those persons who paid the challenged costs up to one year before the date...

P. v. Hsu

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence of three-year prison term for grand theft is affirmed over claims that: 1) trial court erred in denying defendant's motion to dismiss the...

People v. Rushing

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence of 27 years to life in prison for failure to register as a sex offender following a change of address and for failure to file a change of...

Ventimiglia v. Bd. of Behavioral Sci.

Administrative Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law
Denial of petition to review revocation of petitioner's license as a marriage and family therapist because petitioner engaged in sexual contact with a...

Kachlon v. Markowitz

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate
In claims for wrongful foreclosure under a deed of trust and breach of a home improvement contract, judgment is reversed in part where: 1) Civil Code...

People v. Garcia

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Convictions for first degree murder are affirmed over claims of error that: 1) there was no substantial evidence co-defendant aided and abetted a...

Giraldo v. California Dept. of Corr. and Rehab.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a negligence claim by plaintiff-prisoner for abuse suffered in state prison, court order sustaining defendant's demurrer to plaintiff's claim for...