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   State Courts - California - March 1 - March 2, 2010

  
Catsouras v. Department of California Highway Patrol, G039916, G040330, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION THREE, March 1, 2010, Filed
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Friends of Glendora v. City of Glendora, B215114, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION ONE, March 1, 2010, Filed
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Overview: Charging a fee for an appeal to a city council under Pub. Resources Code, ? 21151, subd. (c), from a planning commission decision approving a negative declaration did not violate the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Pub. Resources Code, ? 21000 et seq., because no specific statutory authorization under CEQA was required for such a fee.

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Marquez v. Medical Bd. of California, C060456, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT, March 1, 2010, Filed
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Overview: Although Bus. & Prof. Code, ? 2177, required the Medical Board of California to establish by resolution the passing score required for the United States Medical Licensing Examination, the Board had never adopted a formal resolution expressly establishing a passing score or adopting the exam's recommended score as the passing score.

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People v. Mills, S059653, SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA, March 1, 2010, Filed
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Overview: Prosecutor did not violate defendants constitutional rights by exercising his peremptory challenges to excuse six prospective jurors because they were African-American; trial court properly considered and evaluated merits of prosecutor's stated reasons for excusing the jurors, finding each peremptory challenge was supported by permissible motive.

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People v. Rodriguez, F057533, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, March 1, 2010, Filed
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Overview: Although defendant argued that he was entitled to additional presentence credit under a 2010 amendment to Pen. Code, ? 4019, the amendment, which went into effect after defendant was sentenced, did not apply to defendant. The legislature intended the 2010 amendment to apply prospectively only.

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People v. Treadway, C059069, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT, March 1, 2010, Filed
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Overview: Defendant was denied his Sixth Amendment right to compulsory process when the prosecutor conditioned plea bargains for two codefendants on a blanket restriction not to testify. One of the codefendants could have provided favorable testimony material to defendant's claim that he did not have the requisite intent to sustain firearm enhancements.

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People v. Bankers Ins. Co., C060243, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT, March 2, 2010, Filed
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Overview: Because the reporter's transcript did not reflect a declaration of bail forfeiture in open court under Pen. Code, ? 1305, subd. (a), the bail bond was exonerated by operation of law. Although the clerk's minutes reflected that bail was ordered forfeited, the reporter's transcript was found to be entitled to greater weight than the clerk's minutes.

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St. John's Well Child & Family Center v. Schwarzenegger, A125750, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION TWO, March 2, 2010, Filed
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Overview: Particular budget reductions in Assembly Bill 4X 1 (2009-2010 4th Ex. Sess.) were items of appropriation within the meaning of Cal. Const., art. IV, ? 10, subd. (e), and the Governor's line-item vetoes reducing them, while approving other portions of Assembly Bill 4X 1, were constitutionally authorized.

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