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Potential Jury Misconduct Forces CA Supreme Court to Reexamine Peterson Conviction

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|Date: October 17, 2020
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Potential Jury Misconduct Forces CA Supreme Court to Reexamine Peterson Conviction

By Julian Verdon SAN MATEO COUNTY -The California Supreme Court has ordered another look at Scott Peterso ...

By Julian Verdon SAN MATEO COUNTY -The California Supreme Court has ordered another look at Scott Peterson's conviction for the murder of his wife Laci, who also carried their unborn child, on the gro ...

October 17, 2020
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Commentary: Scott Peterson’s Case May Return for a New Trial – and It Should

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 16, 2020
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Commentary: Scott Peterson’s Case May Return for a New Trial – and It Should

By David Greenwald While last month the California Supreme Court threw out the death penalty in the Scott ...

By David Greenwald While last month the California Supreme Court threw out the death penalty in the Scott Peterson case, that was almost a moot point because there effectively is not a death penalty i ...

October 16, 2020
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Governor Newsom Nominates First Openly Gay Justice to CA Supreme Court

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|Date: October 06, 2020
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Governor Newsom Nominates First Openly Gay Justice to CA Supreme Court

By Lauren Smith SACRAMENTO – Gov. Gavin Newsom Monday nominated Justice Martin Jenkins for the California ...

By Lauren Smith SACRAMENTO – Gov. Gavin Newsom Monday nominated Justice Martin Jenkins for the California Supreme Court – he would be the first openly gay and third Black man to serve on the Californi ...

October 06, 2020
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CA Supreme Court Won’t Hear Black Jury Selection Bias Case

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|Date: September 06, 2020
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CA Supreme Court Won’t Hear Black Jury Selection Bias Case

By Jose Medina LOS ANGELES – Social justice advocates maintain the George Floyd protests have magnified t ...

By Jose Medina LOS ANGELES – Social justice advocates maintain the George Floyd protests have magnified the deep systemic racism that has existed in the United States since its inception, and that rac ...

September 06, 2020
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CA Supreme Court Order Ushers in New Era of Bail in State?

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|Date: August 28, 2020
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CA Supreme Court Order Ushers in New Era of Bail in State?

By Susana Jurado SACRAMENTO – An order from the state’s highest court could be groundbreaking in a move ...

By Susana Jurado SACRAMENTO – An order from the state’s highest court could be groundbreaking in a move to reform the state’s current bail system, an issue supported by the California Attorney Gener ...

August 28, 2020
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Death Penalty Reversed in Scott Peterson Case, but Guilt Remains

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 25, 2020
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Death Penalty Reversed in Scott Peterson Case, but Guilt Remains

The California Supreme Court on Monday threw out the death penalty in the case of Scott Peterson but left ...

The California Supreme Court on Monday threw out the death penalty in the case of Scott Peterson but left intact the murder conviction. The state has the option to retry to the penalty phase, but, gi ...

August 25, 2020
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State Supreme Court Asked to Intervene on Behalf of Inmates in Sacramento County Jails

Posted by Cres Vellucci
|Date: July 03, 2020
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State Supreme Court Asked to Intervene on Behalf of Inmates in Sacramento County Jails

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – The Sacramento County Public Defender ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – The Sacramento County Public Defender Office filed a nearly 400-page pleading document June 29 – made available exclusively to THE V ...

July 03, 2020
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‘Death by Juror Bias and Questionable Evidence’: Scott Peterson Appealing Death Sentence

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|Date: June 03, 2020
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‘Death by Juror Bias and Questionable Evidence’: Scott Peterson Appealing Death Sentence

By Michael Frye SAN FRANCISCO – In a virtual hearing before the California Supreme Court Tuesday, attorne ...

By Michael Frye SAN FRANCISCO – In a virtual hearing before the California Supreme Court Tuesday, attorney Cliff Gardner argued that Scott Peterson did not have a fair trial more than 15 years ago—tha ...

June 03, 2020
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Death Penalty of Defendant in 2001 Homicides of Three Teenage Boys Upheld by Supreme Court of California

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|Date: May 08, 2020
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Death Penalty of Defendant in 2001 Homicides of Three Teenage Boys Upheld by Supreme Court of California

The justices of the Supreme Court of California reviewed a direct appeal from the appellant, Alfred Flore ...

The justices of the Supreme Court of California reviewed a direct appeal from the appellant, Alfred Flores, III, who was convicted of three counts of first-degree murder and sentenced to death, and up ...

May 08, 2020
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California Supreme Court Affirms LA Court Decision in Capital Case

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|Date: April 03, 2020
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California Supreme Court Affirms LA Court Decision in Capital Case

By Nancy Martinez and Juan Garcia Urrutia LOS ANGELES - On April 2, 2020, the Supreme Court of California ...

By Nancy Martinez and Juan Garcia Urrutia LOS ANGELES - On April 2, 2020, the Supreme Court of California affirmed the decision of the trial court in the case against James Michael Fayed. The trial co ...

April 03, 2020
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CA Supreme Court Denies Request to Review the SB 1437 Constitutionality Ruling

Posted by Danielle Silva
|Date: February 20, 2020
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CA Supreme Court Denies Request to Review the SB 1437 Constitutionality Ruling

By Danielle Silva On Feb. 19, 2020, the California Supreme Court denied the depublication and review requ ...

By Danielle Silva On Feb. 19, 2020, the California Supreme Court denied the depublication and review requests for the Fourth District Appellate court decisions on two cases opinions that ruled Senate ...

February 20, 2020
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California Supreme Court Justice Announces Retirement; Newsom To Make First Appointment

Posted by Danielle Silva
|Date: January 16, 2020
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California Supreme Court Justice Announces Retirement; Newsom To Make First Appointment

By Danielle Silva On January 15, California Supreme Court Justice Ming W. Chin announced he will be stepp ...

By Danielle Silva On January 15, California Supreme Court Justice Ming W. Chin announced he will be stepping down on August 31, which provides Governor Gavin Newsom his first court vacancy to fill. Ju ...

January 16, 2020
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California Supreme Court Decision Major Ruling on Transparency of Police Misconduct

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 27, 2019
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California Supreme Court Decision Major Ruling on Transparency of Police Misconduct

One of the big questions is the prosecutor’s constitutional duty to disclose evidence to criminal defenda ...

One of the big questions is the prosecutor’s constitutional duty to disclose evidence to criminal defendants and for the first time, the California Supreme Court ruled, that law enforcement agencies c ...

August 27, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Opinion on the Death Penalty Shifting; Two California Supreme Court Justices Slam the State of the Death Penalty

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 29, 2019
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Opinion on the Death Penalty Shifting; Two California Supreme Court Justices Slam the State of the Death Penalty

A few weeks after Governor Gavin Newsom put a moratorium on the death penalty, there are signs that publi ...

A few weeks after Governor Gavin Newsom put a moratorium on the death penalty, there are signs that public opinion is starting to shift. A poll by the Public Policy Institute of California was just r ...

March 29, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Local Disappointments Aside, Governor Brown Diversified the Judicial Bench

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 05, 2019
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My View: Local Disappointments Aside, Governor Brown Diversified the Judicial Bench

In the waning days of Governor Jerry Brown’s tenure as Governor, he disappointed some local residents wit ...

In the waning days of Governor Jerry Brown’s tenure as Governor, he disappointed some local residents with his appointments to the Yolo County Bench that lacked diversity. However, on the whole ...

January 05, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Governor Brown Appoints Legal Adviser to the Supreme Court

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 15, 2018
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Governor Brown Appoints Legal Adviser to the Supreme Court

(From Press Release) - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced Joshua Groban as his choice for assoc ...

(From Press Release) - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced Joshua Groban as his choice for associate justice of the California Supreme Court. Joshua Groban, 45, of Los Angeles, has served as ...

November 15, 2018
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Yolo Prosecutor Had Similar Case to Jo Overturned by California Supreme Court

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 27, 2015
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Yolo Prosecutor Had Similar Case to Jo Overturned by California Supreme Court

When Attorney Dennis Riordan filed his motion for a new trial that will be heard by Judge David Rosenberg ...

When Attorney Dennis Riordan filed his motion for a new trial that will be heard by Judge David Rosenberg on Tuesday, his argument is that “the controlling legal framework for virtually every aspect o ...

April 27, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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