Two men who severely beat a victim in a public street, rendering him unconscious, and left him in the thoroughfare, resulting in his being run-over by a car, causing his death, were properly convicted of murder in the second degree, Div. Two of the Court of Appeal for this district has held.

Div. Two of the Fourth District Court of Appeal held yesterday that statewide statistics purportedly showing disparities in the incarceration rates between racial groups are insufficient to trigger discovery from the prosecution relating to multiple years of charging decisions.

(Subscription required) The sanction "serves the appropriate deterrent effect of showing the public that the Court has zero tolerance with attempting to pass deepfakes as evidence," Superior Court Judge Victoria Kolakowski wrote.

The denial means a Grit Development company must pay prevailing wages to construction workers on the project that transformed the former Desert Fashion Plaza site into a mixed-use development.