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   State Courts - California - February 26, 2010

  
Clear Lake Riviera Community Assn. v. Cramer, A122205, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION ONE, February 26, 2010, Filed
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Overview: Because a common interest development association was not required to provide direct, rather than circumstantial evidence that its use restrictions were properly adopted in an action to enforce restrictions, a court was entitled to infer proper adoption from circumstantial evidence of long enforcement of a height guideline provided by association.

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Gravillis v. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Co., B216373, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION ONE, February 26, 2010, Filed
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Overview: General rule that arbitrators did not exceed their powers under Code Civ. Proc., ? 1286.2, subd. (a)(4), by making errors of law applied to a real estate dispute; the parties did not agree to an expanded scope of review by requiring the arbitrator to render an award in accordance with California substantive law, and errors were thus unreviewable.

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People v. Carter, B210203, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION EIGHT, February 26, 2010, Filed
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Overview: During defendant's trial for second-degree robbery, the trial court erred in not giving CALCRIM No. 101, the pretrial instruction that implemented Pen. Code, ? 1122, subd. (a), because the instruction had to be given sua sponte; however, the error was harmless because there was nothing in the record that suggested any prejudice to defendant.

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People v. Cissna, D053464, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION ONE, February 26, 2010, Filed
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Overview: A juror's misconduct was prejudicial where his conversations with a nonjuror friend were pervasive, focused on deliberative matters concerning merits of the case, and included discussions of defendant's decision not to testify; conversations interfered with deliberative process and defendant's right to have the case decided by 12 impartial jurors.

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People v. McPike, A122030, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION FIVE, February 26, 2010, Filed
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Overview: Although jury convicted defendant of one count of petty theft and one count of receiving stolen property, defendant could not be convicted of stealing and receiving the same property. No effort was made in the information, the instructions, or prosecutor's closing argument to differentiate the property underlying the theft and receiving counts.

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San Francisco Unified School Dist. v. Laidlaw Transit, Inc., A123914, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION FIVE, February 26, 2010, Filed
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Overview: Qui tam complaint alleging that contractors submitted payment requests to a school district at times when the contractors knew they were in breach of a busing contract stated a cause of action under former Gov. Code, ? 12651, subd. (a)(1), because the payment requests included an implied certification of compliance with contractual requirements.

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