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Four-case October calendar will be heard in Fresno

At the Lectern

Most calendars are conducted in San Francisco, Los Angeles, or Sacramento. The court granted review in July 2023. The case was originally on the June calendar, but there was a last-minute continuance. The Supreme Court today announced it will hear just four arguments in October. More about the case here and here.

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Sparse oral argument calendars with many old cases waiting

At the Lectern

The Supreme Court hasn’t been holding many oral arguments this term: only 23 cases have been heard or scheduled through the court’s recently announced March calendar , which will be its seventh of 2024–2025. The requested supplemental briefing was completed in August 2023. Theres been no ruling on the motion.

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Early-May calendar is big in more ways than one

At the Lectern

The Supreme Court today announced it will hear nine cases on its early-May calendar. May is the only month with two argument calendars.) After the early-May arguments, the court will have issued opinions, or have opinions in the pipeline, in 42 cases with two later calendars still to be announced. Brown (2017) 3 Cal.5th

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A new list of old cases

At the Lectern

Now that oral arguments are finished for the term (there won’t be another calendar until September), we’re updating the list. The latest docket entries, in October 2023, show a defense motion — and the People’s response to the motion — to stay the appeal and for a limited remand or, in the alternative, for calendar preference.

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Death penalty, sentencing opinions filing tomorrow

At the Lectern

subdivision (e), is the trial court permitted to impose not only the target offense or underlying felony, but also corresponding enhancements? The court granted review in March 2023. These will be the third and fourth of nine opinions for cases argued on the early-May calendar. More about the case here.

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Criminal appellate procedure opinion filing tomorrow

At the Lectern

When the court granted review in Mitchell in November 2023, it limited the issues to: (1) Does Penal Code section 1238 authorize an appeal by the People from a superior courts post-preliminary hearing, prejudgment order reducing a felony wobbler offense to a misdemeanor? (2) (Briefs here ; oral argument video here.)

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Justices take up challenge to purported racial gerrymander in South Carolina’s congressional map

SCOTUSBlog

South Carolina Conference of the NAACP to their merits calendar for the 2023-24 term as well as three other cases, including a dispute arising from former President Donald Trump’s lease of a government-owned building in Washington, D.C., The justices added Alexander v. and two cases involving the Armed Career Criminal Act.

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