Fifth District holds that ‘great bodily injury’ in Penal Code section 832.7 carries the long-established Penal Code section 12022.7 definition of significant or substantial physical injury, requiring broader disclosure of police K-9 use-of-force records under the CPRA.
Second District holds that under Penal Code section 1237.1 a trial court retains jurisdiction during a pending appeal to correct presentence custody credit errors, and modifies the judgment to award two additional days of credit.
Third District affirms that building and occupying an accessory dwelling unit in Sacramento County without a building permit is a public nuisance per se enforceable through injunctive relief, regardless of whether construction is complete.
Fourth District holds that the Royal Globe joinder rule does not bar an additional insured city from suing both its contractor’s insurer and the contractor in the same action arising from a fatal pedestrian accident.
Fourth District holds that police violated the Fourth Amendment by ordering a man out of a residence at gunpoint without a warrant or probable cause and rejects the contrary 1985 Trudell decision.
Los Angeles Appellate Division holds that noncompliance with Civil Code section 1962 is an affirmative defense for which the tenant bears the burden of proof in a residential unlawful detainer action.
First District extends its warning about AI-generated fake citations to self-represented litigants and reverses a child support order for failing to include the obligor’s bonus and restricted stock unit income.
Sixth District holds that impounding a suspended-license driver’s minivan solely to prevent further illegal driving violates the Fourth Amendment community caretaking doctrine and orders suppression of evidence from the resulting inventory search.
First District holds that a default dissolution judgment must be vacated under Code of Civil Procedure section 580 when the petition listed assets only as ‘to be determined’ and the responding spouse lacked notice of the actual property division being sought.
Third District holds that a memory care facility’s selection of the FAA does not displace California’s section 1281.2(c) procedural provisions, allowing the trial court to deny arbitration of survivor and wrongful death claims based on the risk of conflicting rulings.