A prosecutor’s closing argument, in which he said that the circumstances of the case “broke my heart,” asked the jury to “do justice,” and likened the crime to a “Hollywood slasher movie,” did not mandate reversal of the defendant’s attempted murder conviction relating to a domestic violence incident in which the accused stabbed his then-girlfriend with a broken bottle, Div. Five of this district’s Court of Appeal has held.

(Subscription required) Bradley's mother, the late Elizabeth Franco Bradley, shaped her path and her philosophy. She said her mother was known in the San Diego city attorney's office as "Killer Bradley" for her relentless trial schedule. She later built a civil practice where her daughter worked before and after law school.

(Subscription required) The U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari, leaving intact a 9th Circuit ruling that found Live Nation's Ticketmaster arbitration agreement unconscionable under California law and not preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act.

Friday, California’s Fourth District Court of Appeal upheld a San Diego Superior Court judge’s August 2024 decision confirming the success of what’s known as Measure C at the ballot box in March 2020. The measure was intended to raise the city’s hotel tax rate to finance a long-sought expansion of the San Diego Convention Center, as well as fund services for the homeless and street repairs.