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People v. Perez
Because impoundment of defendant's vehicle was not supported by a legitimate community caretaking function, subsequent vehicle search for inventory violated the Fourth Amendment, requiring suppression of evidence obtained from search. 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence 6DCA Mar. 23, 2026
Meiner v. Superior Court (People)
Warrant lacked probable cause where affidavit omitted probation condition barring "financial account" searches and relied on Apple Pay evidence. 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence 4DCA/3 Mar. 20, 2026
People v. Anderson
Phone evidence was admissible where, despite a possible technical violation of the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act, officers relied in good faith that participant's mother was an "authorized possessor." 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence 6DCA Mar. 17, 2026
Yan v. City of Diamond Bar
Admitting evidence of prior similar incidents of tree branches falling from same species of tree in same neighborhood solely to prove the City's notice of dangerous condition was not error. 		Evidence 2DCA/5 Mar. 13, 2026
LAOSD Asbestos Cases
Because defendant abandoned a *Kelly* novelty challenge and instead argued reliability, the trial court properly evaluated expert testimony under *Sargon* and did not abuse its discretion in admitting it. 		Evidence 2DCA/8 Mar. 6, 2026
Jogani v. Jogani
By allowing plaintiff's expert to present $1.98 billion lost-investment-gain opinion that had not been previously disclosed, trial court erred in accounting, as part of damages, that undisclosed investment appreciation. 		Evidence, Civil Procedure 2DCA/1 Feb. 26, 2026
Amended Opinion: U.S. v. Ruiz
District court did not abuse its discretion in admitting evidence of defendant's prior conviction where it satisfied each prong for admissibility under Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b). 		Evidence 9th Feb. 23, 2026
Modification: People v. Dixon
Defendant's grand jury transcripts were not admissible under Penal Code section 1172.6(d)(3)'s hearsay exception. 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence 5DCA Feb. 17, 2026
Esparza v. Superior Court (People)
Under Evidence Code section 701, trial courts may not presume a witness is incompetent to testify based solely on a prior Lanterman-Petris-Short Act grave-disability finding. 		Evidence 4DCA/2 Feb. 9, 2026
People v. Dixon
Defendant's grand jury transcripts were not admissible under Penal Code section 1172.6(d)(3)'s hearsay exception. 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence 5DCA Jan. 28, 2026
People v. Rodriguez
In denying defendant's Penal Code section 1172.6 resentencing request, trial court properly relied on preliminary hearing transcripts to frame defendant's theory of conviction despite transcript's possible inadmissibility. 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence 2DCA/8 Jan. 20, 2026
People v. Cagle
Defendant's due process claim was forfeited when he failed to raise concerns regarding expert opinions' reliability during trial. 		Evidence, Constitutional Law 1DCA/4 Jan. 9, 2026
U.S. v. Ruiz
District court did not abuse its discretion in admitting evidence of defendant's prior conviction where it satisfied each prong for admissibility under Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b). 		Evidence 9th Jan. 8, 2026
Fancourt v. Zargaryan
Trial court abused its discretion by allowing a tardily disclosed expert witness to testify at trial. 		Evidence 2DCA/8 Dec. 26, 2025
Johnson v. Rubylin, Inc.
Attorney-client privilege did not apply to statutorily required disclosure of claimed attorney's fees and costs incurred prior to an early evaluation conference in construction-related accessibility suit. 		Evidence, Disability Discrimination 6DCA Dec. 22, 2025
U.S. v. Justus
District court did not abuse its discretion in admitting evidence of defendant's violent, anti-government Facebook activity at trial. 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence 9th Dec. 22, 2025
Marriage of M.P. and M.C.
Minor's statements regarding stepdad's sexual abuse were admissible for their truth, but it was error to use pending criminal charges as substantive proof of abuse in restraining order proceeding. 		Family Law, Evidence 4DCA/3 Dec. 10, 2025
People v. Gomez
Hesitation and reluctance from mother of minor witness-victim were insufficient to show genuine impossibility of live testimony. 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence 4DCA/1 Nov. 5, 2025
Modification: Adoption of X.D.
As self-authenticating evidence, trial court abused its discretion in disallowing admission of texts biological father sent to his sister revealing threats to kill biological mother. 		Evidence, Family Law 2DCA/8 Oct. 30, 2025
Murphy v. Pina
Hearsay testimony from a previous deposition could not be used to raise a triable issue of material fact at the summary judgment stage because it was inadmissible at trial. 		Evidence, Civil Procedure 2DCA/3 Oct. 20, 2025
King v. Villegas
In a Section 1983 case, where the Heck bar is at issue, a plaintiff's nolo contendere plea is inadmissible under FRE 410(a) to show that he committed the charged crime. 		Evidence 9th Oct. 21, 2025
Montrose Chemical Corp. of California v. Superior Court (Canadian Universal Insurance Co.)
Where petitioner was advancing exactly the same interpretation of insurance policy language that past case authorities had already discounted, trial court did not err in excluding proffered evidence to settle language's purported ambiguity. 		Insurance, Evidence 2DCA/3 Oct. 2, 2025
Adoption of X.D.
As self-authenticating evidence, trial court abused its discretion in disallowing admission of texts biological father sent to his sister revealing threats to kill biological mother. 		Evidence, Family Law 2DCA/8 Oct. 1, 2025
U.S. v. Hunt
Despite defendant retaining a privacy interest in abandoned iPhone, because the subsequent search was warrant-based and reasonable, there was no Fourth Amendment violation. 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence 9th Aug. 28, 2025
Engilis v. Monsanto Company
District court properly excluded expert witness's opinion that plaintiff's exposure to Roundup likely caused blood cancer because expert's differential etiology was unreliable. 		Evidence 9th Aug. 13, 2025
People v. Ramos
No evidentiary error when trial court admitted transcripts from co-participant's jury trial to determine that defendant was ineligible for Penal Code section 1172.6 resentencing. 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence 4DCA/3 Jun. 25, 2025
U.S. v. Puig Valdes
Defendant's plea agreement withdrawal before the agreement was entered and accepted by the court rendered the factual basis of the plea agreement inadmissible. 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence 9th May 30, 2025
Odom v. Los Angeles Community College Dist.
Judge's erroneous and prejudicial evidentiary rulings--coupled with "bizarre," irrelevant personal musings about society and race--warranted a new trial. 		Evidence, Judges 2DCA/8 Apr. 8, 2025
People v. Jasso
Admission of detective's testimony regarding accomplice's friend's statements made during interview was not error where accomplice's statements were against his interest and defense counsel did not object to detective's testimony. 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence CASC Apr. 4, 2025
Drury v. Ryan
Trial court's refusal to allow negligence per se jury instruction was reversible error where defendant's traffic violation led to collision. 		Torts, Evidence 4DCA/3 Mar. 25, 2025
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