Freeman v. U.S.

Holding a term of imprisonment resulting from a Rule 11(c)(C) plea agreement is "based on" the guidelines for purposes of § 3582(c) when, inter alia, the agreement "provide for a specific term of imprisonment . . . but also make clear that the basis for the specified term is a Guidelines sentencing range" and "that sentencing range is evident from the agreement itself"

United States v. Goodwin

Holding that the presumption of vindictiveness did not apply when the Government brought a felony indictment after the defendant refused to plead guilty to misdemeanor charges and demanded a jury trial

People v. Shelton

Contracting parties' intent can be determined by circumstances under which parties entered into or negotiated the contract and the parties' subsequent conduct

People v. Cromer

Holding that independent review standard applied to trial court's conclusion that prosecution used due diligence to locate missing witness “comports with this court's usual practice for review of mixed question determinations affecting constitutional rights”

Johnson v. Department of Justice

Holding mandatory sex offender registration for defendants convicted of nonforcible oral copulation by an adult over 21 years with a person under 16 years of age [§ 288a, subd. (b)(2)] does not violate the state or federal equal protection clauses, and overruling the rational basis test set forth in People v. Hofsheier 37 Cal.4th 1185

People v. Segura

In Segura, a case in which the trial court imposed a sentence and suspended its execution, we considered whether the requirement that the defendant serve a specified period in the county jail — an express condition of granting probation — constituted a material term of the plea agreement, and therefore was not subject to later modification by the trial court as a matter of its general statutory authority to modify probation in light of subsequent events.

Evangelatos v. Superior Court

Holding that a measure, which modified the traditional, common law joint and several liability doctrine, did not apply to claims for relief that had accrued before the effective date of the new law

Doe v. Harris

Holding that plea agreements, which are governed by general contract principles, are " ‘ "deemed to incorporate and contemplate not only the existing law but the reserve power of the state to amend the law or enact additional laws" ’ " (quoting People v. Gipson, 117 Cal.App.4th 1065, 1070, 12 Cal.Rptr.3d 478, 481 (2004) )

Dix v. Superior Court

Construing § 1170, subd. (d)

People v. Briceno

Concluding section 1192.7, subdivision (c)'s reference to a felony “violation” of section 186.22 encompassed sentence enhancements under section 186.22, subdivision (b), and not just the felony “offense” of section 186.22

Section 3583 - Inclusion of a term of supervised release after imprisonment

Adopting by reference 18 U.S.C. § 3563(b) to govern the ordering of restitution as a condition of supervised release

Rule 8.500 - Petition for review