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Is your dispute a matter for civil or criminal court?
But there are some cases Consumer Affairs cannot prosecute businesses for because they are a matter for civil law rather than criminal law. Much of consumer law is civil law. Civil law is concerned with the rights and duties between individuals — in
Updated: 03/25/2011 08:15A
PEOPLE v. ALMORE
"`Family or household members' include spouses, former spouses, parents, children, stepchildren and other persons related by blood or by present or prior marriage, persons who share or formerly shared a common dwelling, persons who have or allegedly
Updated: 03/25/2011 08:04A
BONILLA v. ADAMS
Penal Code § 186.22(b) requires the prosecution to prove two separate and distinct elements beyond a reasonable doubt: first, that the defendant committed a felony "for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with [a] criminal street
Updated: 03/25/2011 08:00A
PEOPLE v. LINDSEY
As noted, defendant moved to suppress evidence under Penal Code section 1538.5, subdivision (a)(1)(A), which allows a criminal defendant to meet "the initial burden of raising the issue of an unreasonable warrantless search or seizure by `simply
Updated: 03/25/2011 07:56A
PEOPLE v. ERBACHER
She did not know why she had accused Erbacher of molesting her, but, once she had, she was afraid to recant because people would be mad at her. Victim 3 testified that at trial she thought it was Erbacher who had molested her, but she was confused and
Updated: 03/25/2011 07:56A
PEOPLE v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY
The People petition for a writ of mandate to vacate the trial court's October 28, 2010 order granting Ronald Brim's motion for a separate penalty jury in a capital murder case. The People contend the trial court abused its discretion under Penal Code
Updated: 03/25/2011 07:55A
PEOPLE v. ESCOTO
He testified that it was not unusual for gang members to shoot at people in retaliation for showing disrespect to the gang, or to intimidate witnesses. The shotgun was loaded with seven 12-gauge rounds. Detective Groenow thought it unlikely that an
Updated: 03/25/2011 07:54A
IN RE B.G.M.
His attorney has filed a brief seeking our independent review of the record, pursuant to People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 (see Anders v. California (1967) 386 US 738), in order to determine whether there is any arguable issue on appeal.
Updated: 03/25/2011 07:53A
PEOPLE v. McDANIELS
Oliver, in particular, voiced concern that "too many people were allowed to come over [to their neighborhood] anyway and do what they wanted to do" and to "leach off the block." Oliver warned the others to be careful about "anybody that might try to
Updated: 03/25/2011 07:53A
Egypt mulls reconciliation for Mubarak cronies
From a legal point of view, there is the 'reconciliation of public funds' article 88 of the Criminal Law act, which states the possible release of economic criminals if they were to repay any ill-gotten funds. “There are laws allowing citizens accused
Updated: 03/25/2011 07:01A
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