26 Cited authorities

  1. Equilon Enterprises, Llc. v. Consumer Cause, Inc.

    29 Cal.4th 53 (Cal. 2002)   Cited 1,784 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that fee shifting under the Anti-SLAPP statute without a showing of the plaintiff's "intent to chill" free speech did not violate the Constitution or "inappropriately punish plaintiffs," especially given that a plaintiff is burdened by payment of attorney fees "only when the plaintiff burdens free speech with an unsubstantiated claim"
  2. People v. Lee

    31 Cal.4th 613 (Cal. 2003)   Cited 605 times
    In People v. Lee, 31 Cal.4th 613, 623-24, 3 Cal.Rptr.3d 402, 74 P.3d 176 (2003), the California Supreme Court spoke on the state of mind needed by an order and abettor in an attempted murder case.
  3. People ex Rel. Gallo v. Acuna

    14 Cal.4th 1090 (Cal. 1997)   Cited 514 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that preliminary injunctions are reviewed "under an abuse of discretion standard"
  4. People v. Avery

    27 Cal.4th 49 (Cal. 2002)   Cited 376 times
    Allowing courts to look to the entire record of conviction to determine whether the out-of-state conduct constitutes a "serious felony" under Three Strikes
  5. People v. Woodhead

    43 Cal.3d 1002 (Cal. 1987)   Cited 359 times
    Noting the term "convicted" "may have different meanings in different contexts, or even different meanings within a single statute"
  6. People v. Overstreet

    42 Cal.3d 891 (Cal. 1986)   Cited 284 times
    Reasoning that a statute should be construed "as favorably to the defendant as its language and the circumstance of its application reasonably permit"
  7. People v. Nuckles

    56 Cal.4th 601 (Cal. 2013)   Cited 133 times
    In Nuckles, we said that "[t]he gist of the [ section 32 ] offense is that the accused ‘ "harbors, conceals or aids" the principal with the requisite knowledge and intent.
  8. People v. Jones

    46 Cal.3d 585 (Cal. 1988)   Cited 251 times
    Assigning different meanings for the word "crimes" in Pen. Code § 667.6, subds. (c) and (d)
  9. People v. Manzo

    53 Cal.4th 880 (Cal. 2012)   Cited 109 times
    Rejecting application of the rule of lenity and finding "[t]he legislative history, the purpose of the statute, general public policy concerns, and logic all favor an interpretation that would recognize a violation of section 246 when the shooter stands outside and fires at an occupied motor vehicle, regardless of whether the shooter is standing so close that the gun breaks the plane of the vehicle," and finding an interpretation exculpating a defendant in those circumstances may be a reasonable reading of the statutory text but not equally as reasonable as the one proffered by the People
  10. IT Corp. v. County of Imperial

    35 Cal.3d 63 (Cal. 1983)   Cited 203 times
    Holding that the presumption is rebuttable
  11. Section 330b - Unlawful manufacture or operation of slot machine or device

    Cal. Pen. Code § 330b   Cited 45 times   8 Legal Analyses

    (a) It is unlawful for any person to manufacture, repair, own, store, possess, sell, rent, lease, let on shares, lend or give away, transport, or expose for sale or lease, or to offer to repair, sell, rent, lease, let on shares, lend or give away, or permit the operation, placement, maintenance, or keeping of, in any place, room, space, or building owned, leased, or occupied, managed, or controlled by that person, any slot machine or device, as defined in this section. It is unlawful for any person