The Eighth District reversed the trial court’s dismissal of a rape and kidnapping indictment for preindictment delay, holding that the defendant failed to establish actual prejudice from the 16-year gap between the offense and indictment despite the deaths of two potential witnesses.
The First District affirms attempted murder and armed habitual criminal convictions, finding the evidence sufficient and counsel not ineffective for failing to challenge certain testimony.
The First District affirms a juvenile abuse and neglect adjudication, holding that a CAPS consultation note was properly admitted under the business records exception and the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying continuances.
The Seventh District affirmed an attempted murder conviction and 14-year sentence, finding no plain error in the admission of a victim’s video-taped statement, commercial trucking company videos, and electronic log data.
The Tenth District affirmed a juvenile delinquency adjudication, holding that a magistrate who presided over a related co-defendant’s case was not required to recuse from the second juvenile’s hearing absent a showing of actual bias.
The Tenth District affirmed the denial of a postconviction petition without a hearing where the petitioner failed to produce substantive evidence demonstrating that Blink home security camera recordings existed or were withheld by the state.
The Fifth District affirmed convictions for obstructing official business and assaulting a police dog where the defendant fled from deputies serving warrants, hid from a K-9 search, and kicked the dog when it found him.
The California Supreme Court affirmed the death sentence for Alex Demolle, convicted of raping and strangling an 11-year-old girl in Oakland in 1999, rejecting Fourth Amendment and other challenges.
The Twelfth District affirmed a murder conviction arising from a shooting during a domestic dispute, holding that the trial court properly admitted the defendant’s prior violent acts as character evidence under Evid.R. 404(A) and that the State’s grant of immunity to a key witness did not render her testimony unreliable.