CA Unpub Decisions

Defendant pleaded no contest to welfare fraud. The court placed defendant on five years formal probation. On appeal, defendant contends the restitution order is not supported by substantial evidence. Court disagree and affirm the judgment.

A decision wherein use of cigarettes accidentally started a fire that burned a storage room, defendant entered a negotiated plea of no contest to unlawfully causing a fire to an inhabited structure. Court ordered defendant to register as an arson offender pursuant to Penal Code section 457.1 as a condition of probation.On appeal, however, defendant challenges the registration requirement as unauthorized by statute and the Attorney General concedes the error. Court agree.

A criminal law decision regarding deterring an officer with force or violence and to actively participate in a criminal street gang.

Appellant was declared a ward of the court pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 602 after admitting to assault with a deadly weapon and the personal use of a firearm. Appellant contends the juvenile court abused its discretion in committing him to the CYA. Court affirm the judgment.

A criminal law decision regarding possessing a controlled substance with a prior strike and two prior prison terms.

A decision regarding juvenile court's orders insofar as to supervised visitation. Court remand the matter to the juvenile court with directions to vacate the orders insofar as they require supervised visitation and enter new orders providing that visitation is to be unsupervised.

A decision regarding juvenile court's orders removing appellants from mother's custody and denying him unsupervised visitation.

A person was over 70 years old and disabled with some speech and neurological impairments. He lived alone in a small cabin on Mount Baldy. They reported a burglary and a fire at the cabin and collected insurance proceeds.A jury convicted defendant on a total of 26 counts for murdering, committing arson and other related crimes with enhancements.

A criminal law decision regarding first degree murder and kidnapping.

Appellant sexually abused his stepdaughter, who was six when the abuse began and 12 when defendant impregnated her. A jury convicted defendant of one count of continuous sexual abuse and three counts of lewd acts upon a child. The jury also found that, during the commission of one of the lewd acts, defendant personally inflicted great bodily injury.

Appellant and defendant contends that his conviction for sale of methamphetamine and sale of marijuana must be reversed because appellant was denied a jury trial on his prior convictions. Court affirm the judgment.

A criminal law decision regarding kidnapping to commit rape, two counts of forcible oral copulation, three counts of forcible rape and failure to register as a sex offender.

A criminal law decision regarding manufacturing methamphetamine at two separate locations.

Mother appeals from the juvenile dependency court's order entered at a review hearing. Mother contends court must reverse the court's custody order awarding physical custody to father because the Department of Public Social Services did not comply with the notice provisions of the Indian Child Welfare Act. Court conclude the ICWA notice provisions do not apply.