Fourth District holds that a court correcting a clerical error in an abstract of judgment is not required to conduct full resentencing or hear Romero motions, but exceeded its authority by modifying the underlying misdemeanor sentences during the correction process.
Case State of Louisiana v. Amin Barkatali Virani Court Louisiana Court of Appeal, Second Circuit Judge Cox (elected 2017) Date
Case State of Louisiana v. Eric D. Green Court Louisiana Court of Appeal, Second Circuit Judge THOMPSON (elected 2019) Date
Case State of Louisiana v. Eric Dominic Nabors Court Louisiana Court of Appeal, Second Circuit Judge MARCOTTE (elected 2022) Date
Fourth District affirms forcible rape and related convictions but holds that stayed sentences based on unused One Strike circumstances and the Habitual Sexual Offender law are unauthorized when the defendant is already sentenced under the One Strike law and Three Strikes law for the same offense.
Case Daniel Lee Sine v. Commonwealth of Virginia Court Court of Appeals of Virginia Judge ROBERT J. HUMPHREYS (Virginia General
Case Dorian Omar Chavarria v. Commonwealth of Virginia Court Court of Appeals of Virginia Judge David Bernhard (Virginia General Assembly,
Case Eddie Eugene Robinson v. Commonwealth of Virginia Court Court of Appeals of Virginia Judge RANDOLPH A. BEALES (elected 2006)
Case Justin Douglas Peery v. Commonwealth of Virginia Court Court of Appeals of Virginia Judge ROBERT J. HUMPHREYS (Virginia General
Case State of Maryland v. Lionel Lee Prince Court Appellate Court of Maryland Judge Nazarian (Martin O’Malley, 2012) Date Decided
Case State of New Hampshire v. Christopher Stewart Court Supreme Court of New Hampshire Judge DONOVAN (Chris Sununu, 2018) Date
Second District holds that a jury’s not-true findings on personal firearm use and a robbery special circumstance do not collaterally estop a resentencing court from finding the defendant was the actual killer in a Penal Code section 1172.6 hearing, applying People v. Santamaria and joining Peo
Case John William Smith, Jr. v. State of Maryland Court Appellate Court of Maryland Judge Kehoe (Wes Moore, 2024) Date
The California Supreme Court reverses Omar Deen’s capital conviction and death sentence because the trial court failed to adequately examine whether a juror who had a personal connection to the murdered police chief harbored actual bias.
Case State of Nebraska v. Brent P. Lopez Court Nebraska Supreme Court Date Decided April 3, 2026 Docket No. S-24-504
Case State of New Jersey v. Eric T. Seddens, a/k/a Eric T. Seddons Court New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division
Case Terance Johnson, Jr. v. State of Maryland (consolidated with Teriquo Lamont Johnson v. State of Maryland) Court Appellate Court
Second District grants habeas petition vacating murder conviction where prosecutor failed to correct false eyewitness testimony about prior police identifications and defense counsel failed to impeach with the witnesses’ actual statements, applying the Supreme Court’s recent Glossip v. O
Case Anthony Elijah Perkins v. Commonwealth of Virginia Court Court of Appeals of Virginia Judge David Bernhard (Virginia General Assembly,
Case Cody Wayne Coleman v. Commonwealth of Virginia Court Court of Appeals of Virginia Judge CLIFFORD L. ATHEY, JR. (elected
Case State of Nebraska v. Robert L. Hearnes, Sr. Court Nebraska Court of Appeals Judge Freeman (Jim Pillen, 2025) Date
Case State of Nebraska v. Christian X. Hernandez Court Nebraska Court of Appeals Judge RIEDMANN (Dave Heineman, 2012) Date Decided
First District holds that the term ‘receives’ in Penal Code section 32310(a) requires more than mere possession of a large-capacity magazine, and reverses a felony conviction supported only by evidence that the defendant possessed the magazine in his car.
First District holds, with one justice dissenting, that a defendant forfeited his Penal Code section 1170(b)(6) low term presumption claim by failing to raise it at sentencing despite submitting evidence of childhood trauma.