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Harmon v. Superior Court (People)
Public defender representation for postconviction habeas proceedings is discretionary under Government Code section 27706(g). 		Criminal Law and Procedure 4DCA/2 Jan. 22, 2026
People v. Superior Court (Lashelle)
Prosecutor's failure to file a formal misdemeanor complaint within 25 days of defendant's DUI citation did not deprive the trial court of jurisdiction. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 4DCA/2 Jan. 21, 2026
Ellingburg v. U.S.
Because restitution imposed under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act constitutes criminal punishment, its retroactive application to offenses committed before its enactment violated the Ex Post Facto Clause. 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Constitutional Law USSC Jan. 21, 2026
People v. Craig
Criminal defendant had statutory right to appeal where superior court denied his unauthorized petition for resentencing under Penal Code section 1172.1 on the merits rather than merely not responding. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/7 Jan. 20, 2026
People v. Rodriguez
In denying defendant's Penal Code section 1172.6 resentencing request, trial court properly relied on preliminary hearing transcripts to frame defendant's theory of conviction despite transcript's possible inadmissibility. 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence 2DCA/8 Jan. 20, 2026
Microsoft Corp. v. Superior Court (City of Los Angeles)
LAPD nondisclosure order prohibiting Microsoft from notifying USC of the existence of warrant did not violate the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (CalECPA) or Microsoft's First Amendment rights. 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Constitutional Law 2DCA/4 Jan. 16, 2026
People v. McCowan
California's firearm licensing scheme and Penal Code sections 25850, 30605, and 32310 are not facially unconstitutional under the Second Amendment as interpreted in *Bruen*. 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Constitutional Law 1DCA/1 Jan. 15, 2026
People v. Washington
Parolee was still eligible for resentencing under section 1172.75 because he had been in custody serving a term that included a legally invalid enhancement when identified as eligible for relief. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/1 Jan. 15, 2026
Modification: In re Thai
Limiting types of prison conduct credits available to advance youth parole eligibility date while allowing non-youthful offenders to utilize other types of credits did not violate equal protection. 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Constitutional Law 1DCA/4 Jan. 15, 2026
Barrett v. U.S.
Congress did not clearly authorize convictions under both sections 924(c)(1)(A)(i) and (j)(1) for a single act that violates both provisions; one act violating both sections may yield only one conviction. 		Criminal Law and Procedure USSC Jan. 15, 2026
Modification: People v. Jimenez
Defendant was erroneously sentenced under the general vandalism statute, where a more specific, relevant statute concerning vandalism of jail property applied. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 5DCA Jan. 14, 2026
U.S. v. Gomez
Unpreserved claims on appeal are reviewed only for plain error and because district court's error classifying assault with a deadly weapon as a crime of violence was not plain, the sentence was affirmed. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Jan. 14, 2026
Bowe v. U.S.
28 U.S.C. section 2244 does not bar certiorari petitions by federal prisoners, nor require that previously presented claims be dismissed. 		Habeas Corpus, Criminal Law and Procedure USSC Jan. 12, 2026
People v. Aguilar
Trial court's failure to investigate potential juror's confusion invalidated peremptory challenge to strike that juror when there was a possibility that challenge was race-related. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 4DCA/1 Jan. 5, 2026
People v. Anaya
Where defendant was convicted as a direct perpetrator, trial court properly relied on trial findings to deny a Penal Code section 1172.6 petition at the prima facie stage. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/6 Jan. 2, 2026
People v. Brammer
Under Penal Code section 1172.1, trial court's resentencing of defendant to a term that did not meaningfully accelerate his release was not an abuse of discretion. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/1 Jan. 2, 2026
Reed v. Superior Court (People)
A defendant charged with a Health and Safety Code treatment-mandated felony is not precluded from participating in Penal Code section 1001.36 pretrial mental health diversion. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 1DCA/4 Jan. 2, 2026
People v. Jimenez
Defendant was erroneously sentenced under the general vandalism statute, where a more specific, relevant statute concerning vandalism of jail property applied. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 5DCA Dec. 31, 2025
People v. Kopp
Ancillary costs waiver for indigent civil litigants, but not indigent criminal defendants, violated equal protection. 		Criminal Law and Procedure CASC Dec. 30, 2025
People v. Salstrom
On resentencing, Penal Code section 1465.9 required the trial court to vacate a restitution fine originally imposed more than ten years earlier. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 3DCA Dec. 30, 2025
Amended Opinion: U.S. v. Holmes
Restitution for property lost as a result of company's fraud was the monetary value invested where there was no reasonable opportunity to sell shares after the fraud came to light. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Dec. 26, 2025
U.S. v. Rodriguez
District court properly applied sentencing enhancement for possession of two California driver's licenses, where defendant conceded possession, and the Sentencing Guidelines contained no mens rea requirement. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Dec. 23, 2025
Amended Opinion: U.S. v. Patrick
Federal penalty statute allowed district court to simultaneously enter a total fine amount "due immediately" while establishing an installment schedule for payment due to defendant's indigent status. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Dec. 22, 2025
U.S. v. Justus
District court did not abuse its discretion in admitting evidence of defendant's violent, anti-government Facebook activity at trial. 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence 9th Dec. 22, 2025
People v. Cabalar
Trial court abused its discretion in denying mental health diversion when defendant met all statutory criteria, and there was no evidence supporting defendant was a risk to public safety. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 4DCA/3 Dec. 18, 2025
Benavides v. Superior Court (People)
Penal Code section 859b required dismissal of criminal complaint when preliminary hearing was continued beyond statutory period without good cause and defendant actually remained in custody beyond that period. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/5 Dec. 18, 2025
In re Thai
Limiting types of prison conduct credits available to advance youth parole eligibility date while allowing non-youthful offenders to utilize other types of credits did not violate equal protection. 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Constitutional Law 1DCA/4 Dec. 18, 2025
Kuhnel v. Appellate Division
Because petitioner's probation expired by operation of law due to ameliorative, retroactive legislation before the trial court summarily revoked it, the court lacked jurisdiction to adjudicate alleged probation violation. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 1DCA/3 Dec. 18, 2025
People v. Ismaiel
Trial court's incorrect instruction that defendant's alleged mistake of fact (as to minor's age) had to be reasonable was prejudicial, as a juror could have found defendant's testimony of mistake credible. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 1DCA/5 Dec. 17, 2025
People v. Crenshaw
Because assault weapons fall outside the Nation's historical tradition of constitutionally protected firearms, prohibiting their possession does not violate the United States Constitution. 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Constitutional Law 1DCA/5 Dec. 16, 2025
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