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   State Courts - California - August 6 - August 8, 2002

  
Alvarez v. Jacmar Pacific Pizza Corp., No. B139434., COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION FOUR, August 6, 2002, Decided , August 6, 2002, Filed
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Overview: A restaurant had no duty to protect a patron from a third party who entered the restaurant and shot him, because the murder was unforeseeable.

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CMPB Friends, Inc. v. Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Bd., No. B156925., COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION FIVE, August 6, 2002, Decided , August 6, 2002, Filed
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Overview: A liquor store's license was suspended in error; a finding that a 10-minute period of time passed before the liquor store checked the identification of the minor was insufficient evidence to sustain the suspension.

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In re Eddie M., B151521, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION SEVEN, August 6, 2002, Filed
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Overview: A minor ward of the juvenile court was subject to more restrictive placement based on probation violations.

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People v. Cosgrove, No. E029528., COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION TWO, August 6, 2002, Decided , August 6, 2002, Filed
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Overview: As prisoner did not waive his right to a jury trial in a mentally disordered offender (MDO) hearing, trial court improperly granted People's motion for a directed verdict; error was harmless, as evidence supporting MDO finding was overwhelming.

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People v. Wollschlager, B145828, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION SIX, August 6, 2002, Filed
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People v. Culp, No. F038699., COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, August 7, 2002, Decided , August 7, 2002, Filed
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Overview: Trial court erred by refusing to aggregating non continuous periods that defendant spent in presentence custody when calculating his good behavior and work performance credits.

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People v. Pizarro, F030754, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, August 7, 2002, Filed
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Overview: In murder and rape case, trial court abused its discretion in finding sufficient evidence of perpetrator's Hispanic ethnicity and in not ruling that using Hispanic database in determining defendant's DNA profile was improper scientific procedure.

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Annod Corp. v. Hamilton & Samuels, No. G028000., COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION THREE, August 8, 2002, Decided , August 8, 2002, Filed
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Overview: Partnership draws to the individual partners in a defunct law firm were made in good faith and for reasonably equivalent value and not with the intent to drain the firm of its assets to avoid paying rent due the landlord under a commercial lease.

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Mycogen Corp. v. Monsanto Co., No. S090337., SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA, August 8, 2002, Decided , August 8, 2002, Filed
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Overview: Plaintiff's second suit in which it sought damages from defendant for breach of contract was barred by res judicata, where plaintiff's first suit did not seek purely declaratory relief and the second suit was based on the same cause of action.

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People v. Totari, No. S091459., SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA, August 8, 2002, Decided , August 8, 2002, Filed
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Overview: The trial court's denial of defendant's statutory motion to vacate his criminal convictions because of the trial court's failure to adequately advise defendant of the potential immigration consequences of his guilty pleas was an appealable order.

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