36 Cited authorities

Smith v. Phillips
455 U.S. 209 (1982) Cited 4,848 times 13 Legal Analyses
Holding that a juror's pending job application with the prosecutor's office required a post-trial hearing on juror bias
Griffin v. United States
502 U.S. 46 (1991) Cited 1,124 times 6 Legal Analyses
Holding that a general guilty verdict on a multiple-object conspiracy need not be set aside if the evidence is adequate to support conviction as to one of the objects
Irvin v. Dowd
366 U.S. 717 (1961) Cited 3,665 times 7 Legal Analyses
Holding that eight jurors’ predisposed opinions as to guilt based on adverse pre-trial publicity violated the defendant's right to an impartial jury
People v. Hughes
27 Cal.4th 287 (Cal. 2002) Cited 1,584 times
Finding no reversible error where defense counsel was able to "emphasize and 'pinpoint' " the defense theory under the given instructions
People v. Merriman
60 Cal.4th 1 (Cal. 2014) Cited 552 times
Rejecting defendant's argument victim's "heavy drug use" and "failure to report the incident to authorities until long after it had occurred" render evidence of uncharged sex crime inadmissible
People v. Guiton
4 Cal.4th 1116 (Cal. 1993) Cited 1,038 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding different standards of review apply depending on whether a theory of guilt is legally or factually insufficient
People v. Thomas
53 Cal.4th 771 (Cal. 2012) Cited 527 times
Finding “no significant risk of an unjustified conviction on any of the murder charges because ... evidence in both cases was strong”
People v. Ray
13 Cal.4th 313 (Cal. 1996) Cited 704 times
In Ray, supra, 13 Cal.4th 313, 52 Cal.Rptr.2d 296, 914 P.2d 846, for example, we considered whether there was sufficient evidence independent of defendants’ statements to support the jury's finding that an assault had occurred during an attempted robbery.
People v. Harris
43 Cal.4th 1269 (Cal. 2008) Cited 457 times
Finding sufficient evidence of premeditated murder where "defendant was armed with a knife and stabbed [the victim] without provocation directly in the heart with enough force to penetrate part of a rib and pierce entirely through the heart"
Ghirardo v. Antonioli
8 Cal.4th 791 (Cal. 1994) Cited 648 times
Determining that whether a particular transaction was a loan subject to usury law or an exempt transaction of a different character was a question of law
Section 1181 - Grant of new trial
Cal. Pen. Code § 1181 Cited 1,762 times
Finding contrary to evidence

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36 Cited authorities

Holding that a juror's pending job application with the prosecutor's office required a post-trial hearing on juror bias

Holding that a general guilty verdict on a multiple-object conspiracy need not be set aside if the evidence is adequate to support conviction as to one of the objects

Holding that eight jurors’ predisposed opinions as to guilt based on adverse pre-trial publicity violated the defendant's right to an impartial jury

Finding no reversible error where defense counsel was able to "emphasize and 'pinpoint' " the defense theory under the given instructions

Rejecting defendant's argument victim's "heavy drug use" and "failure to report the incident to authorities until long after it had occurred" render evidence of uncharged sex crime inadmissible

Holding different standards of review apply depending on whether a theory of guilt is legally or factually insufficient

Finding “no significant risk of an unjustified conviction on any of the murder charges because ... evidence in both cases was strong”

In Ray, supra, 13 Cal.4th 313, 52 Cal.Rptr.2d 296, 914 P.2d 846, for example, we considered whether there was sufficient evidence independent of defendants’ statements to support the jury's finding that an assault had occurred during an attempted robbery.

Finding sufficient evidence of premeditated murder where "defendant was armed with a knife and stabbed [the victim] without provocation directly in the heart with enough force to penetrate part of a rib and pierce entirely through the heart"

Determining that whether a particular transaction was a loan subject to usury law or an exempt transaction of a different character was a question of law

Finding contrary to evidence