CA Unpub Decisions

Appeal from: (1) the trial court's denial of appellant's Code of Civil Procedure section 473 motion to set aside the default entered against her on a complaint filed by respondent and (2) the court's subsequent denial of her motion for reconsideration (§ 1008). Respondent's complaint, filed ancillary to appellant petition to dissolve her marriage with appellant's brother , alleged that he had fraudulently conveyed community property to appellant. The complaint sought various remedies to set aside that transaction.

A criminal law decision regarding possession of a controlled substance with a prior serious or violent felony under the â€

Appeal from an order determining appellant to be a mentally disordered offender (MDO), and recommitting him to the Department of Mental Health for treatment. Court conclude that sufficient evidence supports the recommitment order and affirm.

Injured worker petitions for review of the decision of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (Board) that Appellant's injury was not a compensable work-related injury. The Board held Appellant's claim was excluded by the â€

The mother of minors appeals from the juvenile court's family law exit order. Appellant contends the juvenile court exceeded its jurisdiction when its exit order prohibited a family law court from modifying her visitation and custody contingent upon her completion of extensive additional programs. Appellant further contends the court abused its discretion by limiting her visitation to monitored visits. Court reverse and remand to the juvenile court to modify its exit order.

The mother of minor appeals from the order of the juvenile court terminating her parental rights. The parties agree that the Department of Children and Family Services (the â€

A criminal law decision regarding conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine; manufacturing methamphetamine, permitting methamphetamine to be manufactured on property he controlled and child endangerment.

Appeal from a judgment entered after a jury convicted appellant of first degree murder. (Appellant contends (1) the trial court instructed the jury incorrectly, (2) the court erred when it declined to permit appellant to conduct post-trial discovery into the mental state of the victim's mother and (3) the sentence imposed constituted cruel and unusual punishment. Court conclude no prejudicial errors were committed at appellant's trial and affirm.

A jury convicted defendant of attempted robbery, false imprisonment, and other charges arising from an alleged home invasion robbery. Defendant contends that the trial court prejudicially erred by: (1) failing to adequately investigate whether one of the jurors slept during material portions of the trial, and (2) upholding a defense witness's refusal to testify on Fifth Amendment grounds. Defendant contends in the alternative that there was insufficient evidence to sustain his attempted robbery conviction. Court find no reversible error or insufficiency of the evidence, and affirm the judgment.

Appeals in pro. per. from the granting of a domestic violence restraining order under which appellant is to stay away from his former girlfriend, respondent and must attend an anger management class. The nominal respondent in this case, also appears in pro. per. She joins in appeal from the restraining order and disavows the sworn statements she made to the trial court that appellant physically, sexually, and emotionally abused her over a period of several months. Finding that appellant fails to meet his burden of demonstrating error, court affirm the trial court's order.

Defendant appeals from a judgment following his plea of guilty and admission. Appellant's counsel has raised no issues and asks this court for an independent review of the record to determine whether there are any issues that would, if resolved favorably to defendant, result in reversal or modification of the judgment.

A decision regarding elder abuse action and claims for negligence.

Appellant contends on appeal that the trial court erred, prior to trial, in sustaining without leave to amend a demurrer brought by respondant as to Initiative's cause of action for promissory estoppel. We further conclude, for reasons we shall also explain, that appellant could not, as a matter of law, state a cause of action for promissory estoppel. Accordingly, court affirm the judgment.

A criminal law decision regarding assault by means likely to produce great bodily harm, misdemeanor false imprisonment, and resisting an executive officer in the performance of his duty.