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Lesser-Crime Precedent Flies Out the Window

Sep. 2, 1998
By Philip Carizosa

SAN FRANCISCO - Another precedent established by the Rose Bird court was toppled Monday, as the California Supreme Court rule...


Dismantling City Hall

Sep. 2, 1998
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - The plan by Oakland Mayor-Elect Jerry Brown to bulldoze the city's political landscape and build from the rub...



Ineffective-Counsel Charge Explored

Sep. 2, 1998
By Tamara Koehler

VENTURA - A Southern California attorney's defense two years ago of a Ventura man sentenced to life in prison for a gang-rela...


A former county jail inmate who claims inadequate in-custody medical treatment led to permanent health problems has sued Los ...



DA's Family Support Unit Plans Several Changes

Sep. 2, 1998
By Michael Harris

The Los Angeles County district attorney's frequently criticized family support bureau is instituting several organizational ...


Double Shooting Expected to Go to Jury This Week

Sep. 2, 1998
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RIVERSIDE - A Riverside jury is expected to begin deliberating Wednesday to determine whether a Whitewater man intended to sh...



SACRAMENTO - Although the State Bar reform-dues proposal was reported dead early Monday afternoon by Assemblyman Robert Hertzb...


SACRAMENTO - In a surprising development, a two-bill package to increase state funding of trial courts by $113.1 million in f...



Employees Win Greater Right to Pursue Redress

Sep. 2, 1998
By Philip Carizosa

SAN FRANCISCO - In a major shift in employment law, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday that an employee may sue for wr...


All Conspiracy to Murder Held to Be First-Degree

Aug. 29, 1998
By Philip Carizosa

SAN FRANCISCO - Following through on a warning it gave two years ago, the California Supreme Court declared Thursday that the...



Wilson to Restore Drug Court Funding

Aug. 29, 1998
By Peter Blumberg

SACRAMENTO - Siding with prosecutors, Gov. Pete Wilson has insisted that new state funding to expand drug courts in Californi...


WASHINGTON - New statistics show the number of personal bankruptcies continues to soar - particularly in Southern California....



Want to avoid prosecution for obstruction of justice? You might want to refrain from sitting around your local donut shop cha...


The Beverly Hills Bar Association has sued a former manager of its Personnel Referral Service for allegedly stealing confiden...



REDDING - Sitting on the bench is more than just a job or a profession for James Ruggiero. It's a privilege. That's how the 45...


A former case manager for the now-defunct Chase & Miller claims in a Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit that he was wrong...



Deal Struck to Reform State Superfund Law

Aug. 28, 1998
By Peter Blumberg

SACRAMENTO - Environmentalists, industry groups and state regulators have struck a deal on reforming California's Superfund l...


Retail Spin

Aug. 28, 1998
By Michael Ueda

During a recent walk along Glendon Avenue in Westwood, an upscale area of Los Angeles adjacent to the UCLA campus, Allan Absh...



Sheriffs to Arm Themselves With 'Copcams'

Aug. 28, 1998
By Lauren Blau

Sheriff's deputies on patrol in some areas will start wearing small video cameras in an attempt to provide neutral informatio...


Man, 67, Convicted in Bullet-Ricochet Death

Aug. 28, 1998
By Tori Richards

SANTA ANA --- Eleutero O'Campo looked like the picture of sympathy as he stood outside a courtroom Wednesday, eyeing the juro...



SACRAMENTO - A bill to reform the Commission on Judicial Performance will be stripped of provisions that would restrict its p...


Murder Charges Dismissed Against Two Teens

Aug. 28, 1998
By Michael Harris

After hearing an eyewitness testify Wednesday she had mistakenly identified two teen-agers as assailants in the stabbing deat...



A $10 million jury verdict has been awarded in Los Angeles Superior Court to a woman who was critically injured when the chur...


SACRAMENTO - It's official: Dave Stirling has won his legal battle to put his full job title on the November ballot in his bi...



The California Commission on Judicial Performance announced Wednesday it has opened a formal investigation into the Long Beac...


Baker & McKenzie, Partner Found Not Very Appealing

Aug. 28, 1998
By Philip Carizosa

SAN FRANCISCO - Despite pleas from trial attorneys, tort reformers and a prominent appellate lawyer, the California Supreme Co...



Appeals Court Not in Line With Roller Skaters

Aug. 28, 1998
By Anna Marie Stolley

A roller skater who fell on an allegedly cracked alleyway is barred from suing the city for negligence, a state appeal panel ...


State Bar Pleads Poverty to Clip Lobbyist's Deal

Aug. 28, 1998
By Don De Benedictis

In negotiations to reduce at least one of its contracts, the State Bar of California has claimed to be insolvent, according t...



Judge: Ex-Prosecutor's Comments 'Reckless'

Aug. 27, 1998
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - Calling the public comments by former U.S. Attorney Michael Yamaguchi in the midst of a major drug trial "sho...


Jury Deadlocks in Eye-Swabbing Trial

Aug. 27, 1998
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal court jury, despite viewing videotapes of screaming protesters whose eyes were being swabbed with a...