31 Cited authorities

  1. U.S. v. Williams

    553 U.S. 285 (2008)   Cited 1,606 times   10 Legal Analyses
    Holding that solicitation is "categorically excluded from First Amendment protection"
  2. Virginia v. Black

    538 U.S. 343 (2003)   Cited 1,023 times   10 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the First Amendment protects the burning of a 25–foot cross at a Ku Klux Klan rally
  3. Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition

    535 U.S. 234 (2002)   Cited 945 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Holding invalid the challenged provision of the CPPA because it “cover[ed] materials beyond the categories recognized in Ferber and Miller”
  4. People v. Superior Court (Romero)

    13 Cal.4th 497 (Cal. 1996)   Cited 6,218 times
    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
  5. People v. Carmony

    33 Cal.4th 367 (Cal. 2004)   Cited 3,242 times
    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"
  6. People v. Lewis

    25 Cal.4th 610 (Cal. 2001)   Cited 1,405 times
    Holding even "inherently inconsistent verdicts are allowed to stand"
  7. Watts v. United States

    394 U.S. 705 (1969)   Cited 826 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the defendant engaged in protected speech where he stated, "[i]f they ever make me carry a rifle the first man I want to get in my sights is L.B.J," during speech at Washington Monument opposing military draft
  8. People v. Flood

    18 Cal.4th 470 (Cal. 1998)   Cited 1,059 times
    Concluding that harmless error analysis rather than automatic reversal is required where jury instruction removed an element from jury consideration because, among other things, the element was established by "overwhelming and uncontradicted evidence"
  9. People v. Toledo

    26 Cal.4th 221 (Cal. 2001)   Cited 861 times
    Holding the language of the sections 422 and 664 support the existence of the crime of attempted criminal threats
  10. People v. Taylor

    48 Cal.4th 574 (Cal. 2010)   Cited 605 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, although defendant cursed and lunged at defense counsel, "heated words alone do not require substitution of counsel without a showing of an irreconcilable conflict"
  11. Rule 8.1110 - Partial publication

    Cal. R. 8.1110   Cited 2,327 times

    (a)Order for partial publication A majority of the rendering court may certify for publication any part of an opinion meeting a standard for publication under rule 8.1105. (Subd (a) amended effective January 1, 2007.) (b) Opinion contents The published part of the opinion must specify the part or parts not certified for publication. All material, factual and legal, including the disposition, that aids in the application or interpretation of the published part must be published. (c) Construction For

  12. Rule 8.1105 - Publication of appellate opinions

    Cal. R. 8.1105   Cited 2,088 times

    (a)Supreme Court All opinions of the Supreme Court are published in the Official Reports. (b)Courts of Appeal and appellate divisions Except as provided in (e), an opinion of a Court of Appeal or a superior court appellate division is published in the Official Reports if a majority of the rendering court certifies the opinion for publication before the decision is final in that court. (Subd (b) amended effective July 23, 2008; adopted effective April 1, 2007.) (c)Standards for certification An opinion

  13. Rule 8.504 - Form and contents of petition, answer, and reply

    Cal. R. 8.504   Cited 21 times

    (a)In general Except as provided in this rule, a petition for review, answer, and reply must comply with the relevant provisions of rule 8.204. (Subd (a) amended effective January 1, 2007.) (b) Contents of a petition (1) The body of the petition must begin with a concise, nonargumentative statement of the issues presented for review, framing them in terms of the facts of the case but without unnecessary detail. (2) The petition must explain how the case presents a ground for review under rule 8.500(b)