Holmes and Insanity
Shockingly, and thanks to one juror and possibly two others, Holmes was spared the death penalty. This shocks me not because of the nature of the crime, though that was not helpful, but because the...
View ArticleExcellent use of resources
San Jose police dog goes missing after digging his way out of backyard (possibly because he didn’t want to work for the police). They use taxpayer dollars to find the dog, including Santa Clara County...
View ArticleThis sucks
Court: you know what? Imma Prop. 36 you and you get CTS not life. DA: no objection. Prison: see ya. One month later, DA: my bad, you aren’t eligible under prop. 36 because of a prior gang enhancement...
View ArticleWorst. Juror. Misconduct. Ever.
This is super super super old news but so crazy. Jurors in a murder trial consulted an ouji board which (who?) told them that d was guilty. They told other jurors at breakfast and then they convicted....
View ArticleLovely seibert case
i heart the Seibert rule. I.e. You can’t get a confession from someone before mirandizing him and then mirandize him only to have him repeat the confession. Obviously, if someone already confessed...
View ArticleImpossibility is a defense!
Prosecutors drop a charge of gun possession filed against A man who can’t use his arms. He was arrested after cops found a gun in a car with four other people in it. Four months in jail to sort it...
View ArticleLA Times Wins Against the Association of LA Sheriff Deputies!
Somehow, a LA Times reporter got the job applications and background checks for a number of police officers who applied to be Sheriff’s deputies after their agency was subsumed in the LACS Department....
View ArticleRosie O’Donnell shit storm
Poor Ro. Her 17 year-old daughter ran away and police found her through cell phone pings. (It’s so easy these days). She was with a 25 yo dude she met on Tinder. Rosie has now unleashed a true...
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You shouldda took the fifth!!
rhonyc Kirsten’s husband — who always has to “work late” on the show– was the latest d list celeb to be linked to Ashley Madison. Here is his initial statement: “I don’t understand. There’s not a shot...
View ArticleThis made it to the 9th Circuit with a published opinion?
I feel like I am missing something. Someone gets a speeding ticket in D’s name. D does not show up to court then gets arrested on the warrant. D testifies that he was not the person driving. The...
View ArticleHammon now applies to social media SDTs (barf)
This decision is BONKERS. Hammon is the world’s most stupidest case ever. It says that you cannot get psych records until trial because the trial court is the best entity to determine their relevance...
View ArticleReally good sex case (not really good sex; really good case reversing a sex...
Excellent decision today. D was convicted of a bunch of sex crimes and sentenced to 29 years in prison. At issue here was: was there was insufficient evidence of rape by force or fear? Do the...
View ArticleEither way, Brooks Ayers has a disease
If you haven’t heard by now that Brook Ayers (bf to Vicki Gunvalson RHOC) may or may not be faking cancer I have no respect for what you do with your time. It is terrible if someone fakes cancer, but...
View Article6th Dist. Reports DA to da bar
Pretty interesting and somewhat unusual–the Sixth District Court of Appeal is reporting Santa Cruz County DA Ross Taylor (they named names) to the bar for 3 acts of prosecutorial misconduct which they...
View ArticleCan Brooks Ayers be held civilly or criminally liable for forging the PET...
A highly speculative article came to my attention today that reports a “rumor” that Newport Imaging is “considering” having Brooks “investigated” for fraud. As you may or may not recall, Brooks...
View ArticleJuice, Justice and Corgis
Juice Dear Kim Davis, $500k to do lesbian porn…you in? Justice Sorry for the delay. Robbery conviction reversed by Cal Supremes…pretty interesting. The Court held that the conviction was based solely...
View ArticleNice 1538.5 Win!
Lovely 1538.5 case today (People v. Linn). The Court of Appeal (1st Dist.) held that when the cop took D’s license (among other things he did) he detained her. It seems so obvious that if a cop takes...
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Who is the worrrrsssttt?
As Jean Ralphio says, Trump and Carson are the worrrrrssstttt…. Here is a comparison of the worst things I could find said by Trump, Carson and Jeb Bush. Frankly, if this were a trial I would hang the...
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Good opinion on gang expert testimony today
Very important holding (though error not prejudicial): Hearsay relied upon by an expert in reaching his opinion does implicate the confrontation clause. Thank you. Same case; a favorable but not so...
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