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State Courts -
California - April 8 - April 9, 2008
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Brawley v. J.C. Interiors, Inc., F050279, F051448,
COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, April 8, 2008, Filed
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Overview: Builder's damages for an owner's breach of a construction contract had to be offset, in applying Code Civ. Proc., ¿ 877, with a smaller amount of damages caused by the builder's own breach; thus, the owner could receive settlement credit for the net amount he would have had to pay the builder and was not entitled to a judgment against the builder.
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In re Marriage of Lucio, G039072,
COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION THREE, April 8, 2008, Filed
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Overview: Best interest standard set forth in Fam. Code, ¿ 3040, subd. (b), not the changed circumstances rule, applied to a father's request for a change in his visitation schedule; hence, a trial court erred in dismissing the father's second order to show cause (OSC) by reason of his failure to allege changed circumstances since the first OSC was denied.
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People v. Lessie, D050019,
COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION ONE, April 8, 2008, Filed
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Overview: In a murder case, defendant, who was a minor at the time he made statements during two police interviews, knowingly and voluntarily waived his Miranda rights under a totality of the circumstances test and did not invoke them by requesting to speak to his father during the first interview. Trial court properly denied defendant's motion to suppress.
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People v. Navarro, F052604,
COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, April 8, 2008, Filed
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Overview: Appeal of defendant who had entered a no contest plea in a negotiated agreement at entry of plea proceedings, which challenged a 10-year term imposed on a criminal street gang allegation, was dismissed pursuant to Pen. Code, ¿ 1237.5, and former Cal. Rules of Court, rule 31(d), par. (1), because he failed to secure a certificate of probable cause.
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In re Alice M., H031794,
COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SIXTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, April 9, 2008, Filed
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Overview: Order terminating mother's parental rights over her child and selecting adoption as permanent plan pursuant to Welf. & Inst. Code, ¿ 366.26, was error; trial court had reason to know that child might be an Indian child, requiring notice pursuant to Welf. & Inst. Code, ¿ 224.2, but notices sent to three tribes did not comply fully with ICWA.
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Salma v. Capon, A115057,
COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION FIVE, April 9, 2008, Filed
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Overview: In a real estate dispute, a seller was entitled to strike a claim for intentional interference with prospective economic advantage because his acts of recording a notice of rescission, contacting the police department and the district attorney, and recording a notice of lis pendens were protected activity under Code Civ. Proc., ¿ 425.16, subd. (e).
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