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   State Courts - California - January 23, 2008

  
Gilmer v. Ellington, B194605, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION EIGHT, January 23, 2008, Filed
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Overview: Driver who yielded the right-of-way to a left-turning driver had no duty to ascertain whether it was safe for the left-turning driver to turn across all lanes; Veh. Code, ? 21801, subd. (a), required the left-turning driver to ascertain the safety of the turn, and the yielding driver had no duty to a motorcyclist struck by the left-turning driver.

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In re Marriage of Rothrock, B193031, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION EIGHT, January 23, 2008, Filed
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Overview: Ttrial court did not err in modifying child support payments by a father where it properly excluded as income under Fam. Code, ? 4058, the father's annuity purchased from an undifferentiated and unallocated personal injury settlement in calculating the support; most, if not all, of the personal injury settlement was on account of a personal injury.

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People v. Davidson, B197896, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION TWO, January 23, 2008, Filed
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Overview: Where defendant was convicted of murder, dismissal of attempted murder conviction was based on murder conviction's continuing legal validity; therefore, when murder charge was later dismissed, reinstatement of attempted murder conviction did not place defendant in double jeopardy and attempted murder conviction was merely revived as matter of law.

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People v. Reyes, B196415, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION SEVEN, January 23, 2008, Filed
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Overview: Although error under Aranda/Bruton rule was assumed in admission of defendant two's statement to police in a joint trial where defendant two did not testify, the error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt because proof of guilt in gang-related murders was overwhelming; eyewitnesses identified defendant one as shooter and gang elements matched up.

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Verga v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd., C055711, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT, January 23, 2008, Filed
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Overview: Substantial evidence supported factual findings that a claimant was not entitled under Lab. Code, ? 3208.3, subd. (b)(1), to workers' compensation benefits for a psychiatric injury because her supervisor and coworkers did not persecute or harass her; rather, she caused her own stressful work environment by being verbally abusive toward coworkers.

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