At the Lectern

AUGUST 5, 2022

This will be the second of seven opinions for cases argued on the late-May calendar. Strong is expected to decide whether a felony-murder special circumstance finding (Pen. Four of the other opinions will likely file by August 22 and one, in a death penalty appeal with post-argument briefing, should file by September 12. Code, § 190.2,

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At the Lectern

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

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. Horvitz & Levy is co-counsel for amicus UC Irvine law schools Consumer Law Clinic.) More about the case here.

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At the Lectern

AUGUST 17, 2022

After its normal two-month oral argument hiatus, the Supreme Court will conduct a six-case calendar next month, the court announced today. All but one of the matters are criminal. The court will still be hearing arguments remotely, as it has since April 2020. (See See here , here , here , here , and here.) Code, §§ 667, subd. (c)(6)

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At the Lectern

JANUARY 18, 2023

The Supreme Court has announced a four-case February calendar. Did the Court of Appeal err in ruling that the trial court adequately exercised its discretion to determine whether the juvenile’s offenses were felonies or misdemeanors as required by Welfare and Institutions Code section 702 and In re Manzy W. In re F.M. :

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At the Lectern

DECEMBER 17, 2022

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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At the Lectern

JULY 10, 2024

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

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At the Lectern

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

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. d)) was a serious felony (id., §§ 667, subd. (a)(1), Code, § 243, subd. (d)) a)(1), 1192.7,

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At the Lectern

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

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,

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At the Lectern

MAY 3, 2023

Opinions in the five March calendar cases should file by June 5. is expected to decide whether the Court of Appeal erred in ruling that the trial court adequately exercised its discretion to determine whether the juvenile’s offenses were felonies or misdemeanors as required by Welfare and Institutions Code section 702 and In re Manzy W

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At the Lectern

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

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. On Monday morning, the Supreme Court will file its opinion in People v.

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At the Lectern

JUNE 28, 2023

This will be the last opinion for cases argued on the April calendar. Reyes is another case concerning possible resentencing under Senate Bill 1437 , which limited criminal liability for felony murder or murder under the natural-and-probable-consequences doctrine. Briefs here ; oral argument video here.)

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At the Lectern

AUGUST 24, 2022

The opinions will leave two undecided cases from the eight-case June calendar. There is also one undecided case — a death penalty appeal with post-argument briefing — from the late-May calendar. (Briefs here ; oral argument videos here , here , and here.). The two remaining opinions should file by September 1.

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At the Lectern

JUNE 16, 2021

By contrast, there has been no decision yet in any case argued on the April calendar. The change in the law at issue is Senate Bill 136 , which, in 2019, restricted what had been a generally applicable enhancement for prior felony prison and jail terms to one that is now imposed only for those terms served for sexually violent offenses.

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At the Lectern

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

These opinions will decide half of the court’s September calendar. a)(6) & (7)) require consecutive terms on multiple current violent or serious felony convictions, regardless of whether the offenses occurred on the same occasion or arose from the same set of operative facts?” In March 2019 , the court agreed in Yahoo!

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At the Lectern

MARCH 1, 2023

These will be the last opinions in the four cases argued on the December calendar. d)) was a serious felony (id., §§ 667, subd. (a)(1), Tomorrow morning, the Supreme Court will file its opinions in People v. Brown and In re Cabrera. Briefs here ; oral argument video here and here.) In Brown , the court limited the issues to: “1.

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At the Lectern

JULY 23, 2021

The case involves Senate Bill 1437 , which narrowed murder liability under the felony murder theory and the natural and probable consequences doctrine. Lewis was argued on the late-May calendar and Pollock was argued in early May. The court granted review in March 2020. Tri-Modal Distribution Services.

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At the Lectern

JUNE 10, 2024

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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At the Lectern

JULY 25, 2024

The 2018 legislation limited criminal liability for felony murder, eliminated it for murder under the natural-and-probable-consequences doctrine, and allowed possible resentencing for those convicted under pre-SB 1437 law. ” Two votes for review in Three-Strikes resentencing case. Another discovery sanctions grant-and-hold.

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At the Lectern

DECEMBER 11, 2024

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) ” More about the case here.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 7, 2019

On September 30, the Fourth Circuit tentatively calendared oral argument on the companies’ appeal for the December 10–12 argument session. The court also temporarily enjoined two felony riot statutes because they went “far beyond” the State’s “appropriate interest” in criminalizing participation in a riot with acts of force or violence.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

He had been convicted of misdemeanor trespass and felony criminal mischief and conspiracy to commit criminal mischief in October 2017. A second activist who filmed the action was convicted of felony conspiracy to commit criminal mischief and conspiracy trespass, a misdemeanor.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Here is the column: Hunter Biden returned to court today on the felony indictment for his possession of a handgun, including allegations that he lied on an Oct.12, The problem for the case is that Hunter and his counsel appear to have an elastic calendar on his addiction, depending on its value in a given case or controversy.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 15, 2023

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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