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4th District Court of Appeal, Division Three
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People v. Espiritu — Trial Court’s Failure to Recognize Presumptively Invalid Reason for Peremptory Challenge Requires Reversal Under Section 231.7

Fourth District reverses convictions in sexual assault case where the trial court failed to recognize that a peremptory challenge based on a juror’s nursing occupation was presumptively invalid under Code of Civil Procedure section 231.7, holding that defense counsel’s failure to specifi

4th District Court of Appeal, Division One
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People v. Sanchez — Court Correcting Clerical Sentencing Error Cannot Modify Misdemeanor Sentences and Need Not Conduct Full Resentencing

Fourth District holds that a court correcting a clerical error in an abstract of judgment is not required to conduct full resentencing or hear Romero motions, but exceeded its authority by modifying the underlying misdemeanor sentences during the correction process.

4th District Court of Appeal, Division One
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People v. Bradley — Stayed Sentences for Unused One Strike Circumstances and Habitual Sexual Offender Law Are Unauthorized

Fourth District affirms forcible rape and related convictions but holds that stayed sentences based on unused One Strike circumstances and the Habitual Sexual Offender law are unauthorized when the defendant is already sentenced under the One Strike law and Three Strikes law for the same offense.

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