Sep. 11, 2026
True crime, Supreme Court edition
As the California Supreme Court weighs Marcus Wesson's capital appeal, a case his own lawyer says would be rejected as fiction, a look at how the court's crime-heavy docket has long intersected with novels, movies and TV.
The California Supreme Court is largely preoccupied with crime and punishment. About half its docket is devoted to standard criminal cases plus automatic death penalty appeals.
Four criminal matters were set for oral argument Wednesday, including a vehicular manslaughter matter from San Diego, the case of a man brandishing a firearm in a motor vehicle in Orange County and capital appeals out of Los Angeles and Fresno.
The briefing reveals grim tales of felonious behavior an...
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