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Supreme Court will decide parole eligibility issue for young-adult offenders

At the Lectern

Yesterday’s Supreme Court conference , a double one, was one of several firsts: the first conference of 2023, the first with Patricia Guerrero as chief justice, and the first for new Justice Kelli Evans. Also, the conference featured Justice Evans’s first dissenting vote. Walmart, Inc. ” (Published opinion here.)

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Gang enhancements, union protections, racially biased prosecutions, the Second Amendment, Michael Jackson, and more at the Supreme Court’s conference

At the Lectern

Alexander (2023) 91 Cal.App.5th The Second District, Division Eight, published opinion reversed the sustaining of a demurrer and a summary judgment grant. Mumin (2023) 15 Cal.5th He argued that the statute criminalizing his conduct violates the Second Amendment. ’ ” The Supreme Court denied review in Alexander , too.