By Cheryl Miller | September 16, 2024
Four justices wrote that while allegations former Alameda County prosecutors rejected Black and Jewish jurors are "deeply troubling," a capital defendant should explore the claims in a habeas corpus proceeding.
By Bonnie M. Baker | September 9, 2024
Bonnie Baker discusses the recent Supreme Court decision in 'Diaz v. United States,' involving expert testimony on a defendant's mental state in a criminal case and offers key advice and considerations for white-collar lawyers.
By Avalon Zoppo | August 23, 2024
"[T]he majority is mistaken to brush 'Loper Bright' aside and treat it as irrelevant to the interpretation of regulatory language," Judge Carlos Bea wrote in a concurrence.
By Avalon Zoppo | June 18, 2024
If the selective prosecution argument is accepted, it would become "almost impossible" for the government to bring prosecutions in politically charged times, suggested Judge Milan Smith.
By Cheryl Miller | June 17, 2024
In dissent, Justice Goodwin Liu said the high court should "do more" to combat racial discrimination in jury selection and suggested the Legislature get involved.
By Avalon Zoppo | April 5, 2024
While it's likely too early to see major swings in the law, the president's appointees' individual opinions on criminal law and qualified immunity show the impact the judges' diverse professional backgrounds have on their jurisprudence.
By Marianna Wharry | February 16, 2024
The panel partially reversed the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California's denial of defendant Brett Wayne Parkins' motion to suppress a search of his apartment when officers from the Huntington Police Department questioned him for aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft.
By Cheryl Miller | January 18, 2024
In a meeting with reporters, Patricia Guerrero talked about her court's opinion output, term limits for judges and why the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling overturning "Roe v. Wade" may have soured public opinion.
By Allison Dunn | January 12, 2024
"Counsel's constructive absence during either a significant portion of trial or an important aspect of trial so offends the constitutional protections surrounding the right to assistance of counsel that it renders the entire adversary process 'presumptively unreliable' and creates an uncurable error," Chief Justice Kimberly S. Budd wrote.
By Cheryl Miller | January 10, 2024
In its annual review of the high court, the California Constitution Center found the seven justices in sync in their legal views.
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