Using a codefendant’s trial transcripts at a Penal Code section 1172.6 hearing did not violate due process because the petitioner could present and test evidence.
The Ninth Circuit rejected the claim that decades of use can create ownership of a deceased child’s identity and affirmed identity-theft and false-statement convictions.
Aggravated kidnapping to exact money or value does not require proof that the demand was wrongful or that the defendant believed nothing was owed.
A defendant may obtain prosecution jury-selection notes in postconviction discovery without first making a prima facie showing of racial bias.
The court reversed a misdemeanor conviction because witness travel ending before the last day and unexplained courtroom unavailability did not establish good cause to exceed section 1382’s deadline.
A court may exonerate a bail bond subject to later-calculated extradition costs, and the expiration of the appearance period does not erase that reimbursement condition.