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   State Courts - California - February 19 - February 20, 2009

  
Aguiar v. Superior Court, B208614, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION SEVEN, February 19, 2009, Filed
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Gonzalez Alfaro v. Community Housing Improvement System & Planning Assn., Inc., H031127, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SIXTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, February 19, 2009, Filed
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Overview: Disclosure in grant deeds provided actual notice under Civ. Code, ?? 18, subd. 1, 19, rather than constructive knowledge under Civ. Code, ? 1213, of a recorded restriction; thus, as to buyers who received such deeds, fraud and contract claims were untimely under Code Civ. Proc., ? 338, subd. (d), and Civ. Code, ? 1624, subd. (a)(3), respectively.

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In re McGraw, F054655, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, February 19, 2009, Filed
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Overview: Since a prisoner's parole hearing occurred before the California Supreme Court's clarification of the governing law in two companion cases regarding parole suitability, the normal presumption that the California Board of Parole Hearings applied the appropriate standard of parole suitability could not be indulged.

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In re R.V., A121376, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION THREE, February 19, 2009, Filed
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Overview: Conditioning a juvenile defendant's probation on wearing a global positioning system (GPS) device was proper because it was a less harsh alternative to an out-of-home placement, which would have been within the juvenile court's authority under Welf. & Inst. Code, ? 730, subd. (a), and did not violate juvenile's right to privacy.

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People v. Gutierrez, S073253, SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA, February 19, 2009, Filed
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Overview: A trial court's admission of a hearsay statement of defendant's son did not violate defendant's Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses because the statement of a three-year-old declarant made to his aunt was more like a casual remark to an acquaintance and was therefore not a testimonial statement under Crawford.

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People v. Scott, S136498, SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA, February 19, 2009, Filed
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Overview: Trial court correctly instructed the jury, in response to a request for clarification of CALJIC No. 1.24, that employees of a business constructively possessed the business owner's property during a robbery; Pen. Code, ? 211, contemplated constructive possession by all employees on duty, including employees who did not handle the stolen property.

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People v. Soper, S152667, SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA, February 19, 2009, Filed
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Overview: Severance of two murder charges was properly denied under Pen. Code, ? 954, because any potential prejudice from trying the equally egregious, noncapital cases together could properly be found to be outweighed by the benefits of joinder. In finding to the contrary, the court of appeal failed to consider general systemic economies as benefits.

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Blanks v. Shaw, B183426 (consolidated with B186025), COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION THREE, February 20, 2009, Filed
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Overview: Because California's Talent Agencies Act required that actions colorably arising under it had to first be presented to Labor Commissioner within one year, client's failure to comply with this requirement barred his cause of action that a law firm that had represented him in a suit against an unlicensed talent agent violated Unfair Competition Law.

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Executive Risk Indemnity, Inc. v. Jones, A119005, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION FOUR, February 20, 2009, Filed
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Overview: After refusing to defend, a liability insurer could not contest the issues of the insured's liability or the damages awarded against it; the insured's obligation to pay the judgment was a loss as defined by the policy, and the judgment was binding on the insurer because it had notice and opportunity to defend, although it was not required to do so.

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People v. Hopkins, E045671, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION TWO, February 20, 2009, Filed
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Overview: An order denying defendant's motion for the return of marijuana that had been seized by the police was not an appealable order. The order was not among the matters for which an appeal was permitted under Pen. Code, ? 1237. The proper avenue of redress was through a petition for writ of mandate, not an appeal.

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