Div. Three of the Fourth District Court of Appeal has reversed a defense judgment entered after a trial judge granted terminating sanctions based on findings that the plaintiff violated sections of the Civil Discovery Act not listed in the defendant’s original motion, saying the filing of “supplemental” papers during the two years that followed the initial request asserting new abuses failed to give the other side adequate notice.

Div. Seven of this district’s Court of Appeal held yesterday that a trial judge erred in denying a request by a criminal defendant, who was appearing remotely from prison, for a continuance to allow him to speak with his attorney before the court proceeded on a resentencing hearing, saying that decision interfered with the right of the accused to effective assistance of counsel.

On Friday, the State Bar of California’s Committee of Bar Examiners approved more scoring adjustments for examinees whose original overall scores were between 1350 and 1390 on the February exam, which had been plagued with widespread technical and proctoring issues.

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