• Oral arguments, no conference, this week

    At the Lectern
    June 3, 2024

    The calendar includes cases involving the Indian Child Welfare Act, youth offender parole, a seven-figure discovery sanction, and an appellate procedure issue.

  • Opinion | Using Math to Analyze the Supreme Court Reveals an Intriguing Pattern

    Politico
    June 2, 2024

    Our new mathematical analysis of the court’s decisions from the 2022-2023 session shows just how much it makes sense to think of this Supreme Court as a 3-3-3 court — one whose divides are driven not just by ideology, but a range of other legal considerations as well.

  • Mental health supportive housing coming to west Napa neighborhood

    Napa Valley Register
    June 2, 2024

    The project is part of a partnership between Napa County Health & Human Services, the city of Napa, and Mentis to provide additional housing for adults with severe mental illness and who are at risk of being homeless, according to a statement from Mentis, the effort's lead agency. The site will house six residents who will be referred to the program through Napa County as part of the new system known as CARE Court, said Mentis.

  • Gang enhancements opinion filing Monday

    At the Lectern
    June 1, 2024

    The case was a grant-and-hold for a death penalty appeal. When the court unheld the case in October 2022, it limited the issue to: “Does the provision of Penal Code section 1109 governing the bifurcation at trial of gang enhancements from the substantive offense or offenses apply retroactively to cases that are not yet final?”