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   State Courts - California - January 15 - January 16, 2002

  
In re Varnell, B153849, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION SEVEN, January 15, 2002, Filed
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Overview: In a sentencing matter, a trial court could use its discretion to strike a prior conviction for purposes of qualifying a petitioner for Cal. Proposition 36 treatment, making him eligible for probation.

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MacKinnon v. Truck Insurance Exchange, E028662, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION TWO, January 15, 2002, Filed
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Overview: An insurance company had no obligation to defend a wrongful death suit against its insurer; the pollution exclusion applied to a death caused by pesticide.

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People v. Mason, No. D035933., COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION ONE, January 15, 2002, Decided
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Overview: Trial court properly imposed on defendant a total of 7 separate 25-year-to-life enhancements on his murder, robbery, and attempted robbery convictions, even though only murder victim suffered great bodily injury or death.

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People v. Wilson, No. B151042., COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION FIVE, January 15, 2002, Decided
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Overview: Trial courts retained discretion to strike a sentencing enhancement statutorily imposed for the commission of arson by use of an accelerant.

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Gray v. Superior Court, No. E029464., COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION TWO, January 16, 2002, Decided
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Overview: Once the State properly filed a petition pursuant to the Sexually Violent Predators Act, and the court obtained jurisdiction, the question of whether a person was a sexually violent predator was left to the trier of fact.

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In re Marriage of Thornton, No. B149529., COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION SEVEN, January 16, 2002, Decided
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Overview: Husband's spousal support obligation was terminated by law after his wife remarried; stipulation to non-modifiable support, list of terminating factors, and husband's conduct did not waive statutory provision of termination.

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Lynch v. Warwick, No. D035507., COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION ONE, January 16, 2002, Decided
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Overview: Summary judgment was properly granted to client's former attorney on the ground that the client failed to raise a triable issue of fact as to the required actual innocence element of a legal malpractice action against the former attorney.

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People v. Morales, B128192, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION TWO, January 16, 2002, Filed
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Overview: Evidence was sufficient to prove "pattern of criminal gang activity," as required to support finding on criminal street gang enhancement; detective did not offer vague secondhand testimony that was beyond defense's ability to meaningfully challenge.

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People v. Schlager, C036624, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT, January 16, 2002, Filed
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Overview: Defendant could not be permitted to enter into a plea agreement acknowledging that two receiving stolen property counts and their attendant agreed sentences should be included in computing the maximum sentence and then argue they should not.

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People v. Smith, No. D036108., COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION ONE, January 16, 2002, Decided
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Overview: Upon ruling on a motion to suppress, the trial court erred by denying defendant an opportunity to fully litigate whether the evidence was seized during a valid inventory search pursuant to a standardized police policy.

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