People v. Superior Court (Romero)

Holding that the sentencing court has the power under the Three Strikes Law to dismiss one or more prior “strikes” in the interest of justice

People v. Carmony

Holding that the Court of Appeal erred in reversing a trial court's ruling denying a request to strike prior convictions because the appellate court "simply disagreed with the [trial] court's weighing of [the relevant] factors"

People v. Breverman

Holding that the failure to instruct on a lesser included offense in a noncapital case is, at most, an error of California law alone subject only to state standards of reversibility

People v. Williams

Holding Romero relief unavailable for a defendant who was 20 years old at the time of the prior strike crimes and 32 years old at the time of the felony triggering the Three Strikes sentence

People v. Watson

Holding that certain trial errors are harmless unless there is a reasonable probability that a different result would have occurred absent the error

People v. Ledesma

Finding nothing improper about the prosecutor questioning defense witnesses about the defendant’s motive to plead guilty to rebut defendant’s claim that he pled guilty to accept responsibility

People v. Barton

Holding that California trial courts have duty to sua sponte instruct on unreasonable self-defense when there is substantial evidence to support that theory of the defense; it is not an affirmative defense

People v. Superior Court (Alvarez)

Holding that a trial court's discretion under Cal.Penal Code § 17(b) to reduce a "wobbler" offense is not eliminated by the Three Strikes law but is reviewable

People v. Birks

Holding that criminal defendant has no unilateral entitlement to instructions on lesser offenses which are not necessarily included in the charge

People v. Blair

Holding that defendant's having been found insane and confined to a mental institution fifteen years earlier “was insufficient to compel a doubt whether defendant had the mental capacity to understand the proceedings against him in the current prosecution,” and that judge misspoke when he referred to defendant as a “psychopath,” a condition involving lack of touch with reality and thus implying an inability to assist with his defense

Section Amendment V - Rights of Persons

Requiring that crimes be prosecuted on a presentment or indictment

Section 148 - Resistance, delay, or obstruction of public officer, peace officer, or emergency medical technician

Making it a misdemeanor to "willfully resist[], delay[], or obstruct[] any . . . peace officer . . . in the discharge or attempt to discharge any duty of his or her office or employment"

Section 69 - Threat or violence to deter or prevent executive officer

Resisting arrest

Rule 8.500 - Petition for review