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Five cases on the January calendar include (at least) one with an adequately percolated issue

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The Supreme Court has announced its January calendar, the first one to be presided over by Patricia Guerrero, who will be sworn in as Chief Justice days before the arguments. merge with the charged homicide and cannot be the basis for a second degree felony-murder instruction.” There will be five cases heard. Chun (2009) 45 Cal.4th

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Murder resentencing opinion filing Monday

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This will be the last opinion in the three cases argued on the September calendar. 1437 , 2018 legislation that allows resentencing of some defendants convicted of felony murder or murder under a natural-and-probable-consequences theory. The court granted the Attorney General’s petition for review in Curiel in January 2022.

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Sparse oral argument calendars with many old cases waiting

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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. Association of Deputy District Attorneys for Los Angeles County v. Theres been no ruling on the motion.

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Early-May calendar is big in more ways than one

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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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December calendar will include murder-by-poison conviction of mother who used drugs during pregnancy and while nursing

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The Supreme Court hasn’t published its December calendar yet (there are some technical problems with the court’s website), but, from email notifications, we know four of the cases that will be argued next month. show that the case was frivolous, unreasonable, or without foundation in order to recover attorney fees?

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A new list of old cases

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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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Justice Arguelles to be remembered at December oral argument session

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The Supreme Court will begin its December calendar with a memorial for former Justice John Arguelles, who died in April. The court has now posted the calendar. The calendar includes just the four cases we mentioned yesterday. d)) was a serious felony (id., §§ 667, subd. (a)(1), Code, § 243, subd. (d)) a)(1), 1192.7,