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Brief • January 30, 2009
Heston v. City of Salinas, CA, Order granting Plf Mot for Attorney Fees, police taser death cardiac arrest, 2009 Case 5:05-cv-03658-JW Document 401 Filed 01/30/2009 Page 1 of 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 …
Brief • January 30, 2009
Heston v. Salinas, CA , Order, taser death attorney fees, 2009 Case 5:05-cv-03658-JW Document 401 Filed 01/30/2009 Page 1 of 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 SAN JOSE DIVISION Betty Lou Heston, et al., …
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
Cold Case Hits Use Vastly Exaggerated DNA “Match” Statistics; Upheld by California Supreme Court by Matthew Clarke Cold Case Hits Use Vastly Exaggerated DNA “Match” Statistics; Upheld by California Supreme Court by Matt Clarke A recent California murder trial has highlighted serious problems in the probability statistics used to determine …
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
Los Angeles County Settles For $900,000 After Unattended Prisoner Savagely Beaten By Violent Jail Gang by Los Angeles County Settles For $900,000 After Unattended Prisoner Savagely Beaten By Violent Jail Gang Los Angeles County paid $900,000 to settle the civil rights complaint brought by the parents of a 41-year-old man …
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
$3,540,402.22 Jury Award In California Wrongful Conviction Case by A California federal jury awarded $2 million to a man imprisoned 12 years for a rape/robbery he did not commit. The court also awarded him $1,368,834 in attorney fees, $6,500 in fees on fees, and $165,067.22 in costs (including $40,363.35 in …
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
Costs for San Quentin’s Proposed New Death Row Spiral Upward by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg As delays mount, San Quentin’s proposed replacement Death Row facility is growing in cost while shrinking in size. In a June 2008 report to the Governor and Legislature, the state Auditor’s office made …
$170,000 Jury Verdict in Sacramento Jail Beating by $170,000 Jury Verdict in Sacramento Jail Beating In April 2008, a federal jury in Sacramento, California returned verdicts against five Sacramento County Jail deputies for beating a prisoner and denying him food and water for eight hours. Although the facts were contested, …
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
Will California’s $11 Billion Prison Outlay Survive State Budget Cuts? by Marvin Mentor As California deals with a projected $28 billion budget shortfall over the next 18 months, it remains to be seen if the requisite two-thirds of the state legislature has the political courage to make cuts to the …
Ex-Con Exposed – Had Posed as a Lawyer by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg A former prisoner who posed as an attorney in at least 16 cases in ten federal courts since 2004 has admitted to a federal judge that he is not a lawyer and didn’t graduate from …
$12,000,000 Awarded To family of Victim Allegedly Murdered by Convicted Felon by A California jury has awarded $12,000,000 to the family of a woman allegedly murdered by an apartment complex maintenance man who was a convicted felon. The plaintiff’s 30-year-old daughter was reported missing on August 17, 2004. Several weeks …
California Act Requires Three Drug Abuse Violations Before Parole, Probation Revocation by California State prisoner Barry Hazle appealed his probation revocation for drug abuse violations that sent him to prison. His third revocation petition alleged violations occurring prior to his second. The court reversed the incarceration ruling. Hazle pled guilty …
Article • January 15, 2009
Federal Court Orders California Parole Board to Set Lifer’s Term; Reversed on Appeal by by Marvin Mentor The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ordered the state Board of Parole Hearings (BPH) to fix a term within 30 days for a second-degree murderer who had been denied …
Untreated Diabetic Los Angeles Jail Detainee May Sue for Failure to Provide Medical Care by by John E. Dannenberg The California Court of Appeal, Second District, has held that a diabetic Los Angeles jail detainee who was denied medical care for over 24 hours could sue the Los Angeles Sheriff’s …
Article • January 15, 2009
California Appellate Court Affirms Parole for Lifer Over Governor’s Objection by by John E. Dannenberg The California Court of Appeal, Second District, Division 6, affirmed a superior court’s ruling that had overturned Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s reversal of a favorable parole decision for a second-degree murderer. Applying an “especially close scrutiny” …
Article • January 15, 2009
Illegal Alien Not Required to Submit Dual Parole Plans in California by California's First District Court of Appeals has held that a prisoner is not required to prepare a parole plan for both California and a country he will be deported to if there is a conclusive presumption that he …
California: Arrestee Not Guilty of “Bringing” Drugs into Jail by by John E. Dannenberg The California Court of Appeal has reversed the conviction of a Kings County man who was convicted of “bringing drugs into a jail” in violation of Penal Code § 4573, when the act of “bringing” was …
Article • January 15, 2009
California Appellate Court: “No Evidence” Supported Parole Denial for Triple Murderer by by John E. Dannenberg The California Court of Appeal has granted a habeas corpus petition filed by a triple murderer who was denied parole based upon the severity of his offenses, because his 29-year prison record showed no …
Article • January 15, 2009
L.A. Documents Ordered Produced Regarding False Arrest And Prosecution by California State resident Raul Ramirez sought production of documents pertaining to his unlawful arrest and prosecution of a crime he was subsequently acquitted. The documents were for use in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action and were ordered produced with …
Article • January 15, 2009
Remedy for Failure to Give California Parole Violator Timely Revocation Hearing is Release from Custody by by John S. Dannenberg The California Court of Appeals has held that when a parole violator is denied a timely revocation hearing that comports with the due process protections set forth in Valdivia v. …
Article • January 15, 2009
California Thwarts Due Process In "Medically Disordered Offender" Post Release Commitment Trial by California Mentally Disordered Offender (MDO) Roy Cobb, Jr., appealed a court order, imposed after his statutory release date, committing him to the state hospital. The order was affirmed because Cobb was put on notice prior to his …
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