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Longtime deputy public defender appointed to Contra Costa Superior Court bench

By Malaika Fraley - Contra Costa Times - Posted: 02/01/2012 05:29:44 PM PSTMARTINEZ -- A veteran attorney w ... http://p.ost.im/p/eH2Ef9

California - Senate President Pro Tem shows no love for controversial judicial funding bill

The Sacramento Bee - February 1, 2012Looks like controversial legislation on how to fund California courts ... http://p.ost.im/p/eHdqb9

California - Governor Brown appoints Alameda County deputy public defender to the bench

2-1-2012 - SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of Charles A. Smiley I ... http://p.ost.im/p/eHNsx5

California - Gov. Brown appoints Contra Costa County deputy public defender to the bench

GOVERNOR APPOINTS TERRI A. MOCKLER TO CONTRA COSTA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT2-1-2012 - SACRAMENTO – Governor ... http://p.ost.im/p/eHRDVV

California - Napa County implementing alternatives to jail

Napa Valley Register - by Peter Jensen - February 1, 2012Napa County is expanding programs to reduce the ja ... http://p.ost.im/p/eHkFPD

New York - Defense lawyer fights racism in death row cases

The Washington Post - By Lonnae O’Neal Parker, Tuesday, January 31, 6:39 PMAs director of the criminal ju ... http://p.ost.im/p/eHRGrq

California - Political Inside Game, Outside Game... All in One Day - Tops on that list certainly has to be the seemingly-all-but-dead AB 327, the bill seeking to modify the three strikes sentencing law.

California - Political Inside Game, Outside Game... All in One Day - "Tops on that list certainly has to be the ... http://p.ost.im/p/euvY5Y

California - Critics Decry Efforts to Narrow Three Strikes Law

By Kevin Riggs - Tuesday, Jan 31, 2012 - Updated 3:43 PM PSTIn a time of fiscal distress, California lawmak ... http://p.ost.im/p/eHJbTn

Collateral Consequences of Juvenile Delinquency Proceedings in California - A Handbook for Juvenile Law Practitioners

A Pacific Juvenile Defender Center PublicationEverything You Need to Know About Adverse Results of a Juveni ... http://p.ost.im/p/euTt2A

California - Assembly changes mind and passes three-strikes legislation

The Sacramento Bee - January 31, 2012One day after turning thumbs down, the Assembly today passed legisla ... http://p.ost.im/p/eHSkmV

California - Riverside County workers launch one-day strike

The Los Angeles Times - January 31, 2012Thousands of Riverside County workers have launched a one-day strik ... http://p.ost.im/p/eHhsRY

L.A. County supervisors violated open meeting law, D.A. finds

Los Angeles Times - January 30, 2012Los Angeles County supervisors violated the law last fall by holding a ... http://p.ost.im/p/eucYsR

California - Legislation to amend three-strikes law gets KOd by Assembly

The Sacramento Bee - January 30, 2012The Assembly rejected legislation today that would have placed before ... http://p.ost.im/p/eHdt8n

Assembly considers softening Three Strikes law

By JUDY LIN, Associated Press - Monday, January 30, 2012(01-30) 17:41 PST Sacramento, Calif. (AP) --Som ... http://p.ost.im/p/eut4Nw

California - The Life Cycle of Legislation - Flow Chart

Use this link to download the PDF chart: Legislative-Process-Flow-Chart ... http://p.ost.im/p/eHhmmL

Gigi Gordon dies at 54; crusading criminal defense lawyer

By Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times - January 29, 2012Gigi Gordon, a crusading criminal defense lawyer ... http://p.ost.im/p/euUFEC

California bill seeks to limit detention of arrestees facing deportation

By Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times - January 28, 2012A bill being drafted by a state legislator would li ... http://p.ost.im/p/euXMBC

THE WEEK'S CASES: for the week ending January 27, 2012

THE WEEK'S CASES: for the week ending January 27, 2012by Al Menaster, Los Angeles County Public Defender's ... http://p.ost.im/p/euSjnK

California - Hundreds Of Calif. Prison Employees Get Layoff Notices

KSBW Action News 8 - Monterey / Central Coast - CaliforniaSOLEDAD, Calif. -- California prison officials se ... http://p.ost.im/p/euCsJg

California - The Strange Push to Make Cops Collect DNA from Suspected Johns

AlterNet - By Melissa Gira Grant - January 27, 2012For the last six years, police across the United States ... http://p.ost.im/p/euy5xA

California - Alameda County weathers storm of cuts and realignment

By Angela Woodall - Oakland Tribune - Posted: 01/27/2012Alameda County is weathering the double storm fro ... http://p.ost.im/p/euaram

$28M Needed To Comply With Court Ruling, Public Defender Says; Prosecutors Say It Will Cost Them $83M

Cityblzlist - Baltimore, MD - By Daniel MenefeeThe Office of the Maryland Public Defender needs $28 million ... http://p.ost.im/p/euCDex

San Diego police officer, deputy district attorney charged with ticket-fixing

The Los Angeles Times - January 27, 2012A San Diego County deputy district attorney and a San Diego police ... http://p.ost.im/p/eumxqt

California Appeals court asked to decide officer-identity case

By Victoria Kim, Los Angeles Times - January 26, 2012, 9:07 p.m.Echoing arguments that have repeatedly been ... http://p.ost.im/p/euHbrw

Santa Clara County courts: Now providing legal representation in misdemeanor court to anyone who can't afford their own

Mercury News - By Tracey Kaplan - Posted: 01/26/2012 07:59:38 PM PSTEnding an era in which criminal defenda ... http://p.ost.im/p/euPwc8

California Supreme Court Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye pleads her case, fights AB 1208

The Sacramento Bee - January 26, 2012Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye today urged the defeat of Assembly l ... http://p.ost.im/p/euVJEa

California Assembly passes bill sparked by Caylee Anthony murder case

The Sacramento Bee - January 26, 2012The Assembly approved new parental obligations today in response to a ... http://p.ost.im/p/euPFgM

Judge strikes parole-revocation provisions in California law

The Sacramento Bee - By Denny WalshA Sacramento federal judge has struck down as unconstitutional the part ... http://p.ost.im/p/euUDW7

California's De Facto Sentencing Commissions

by Robert Weisberg - Edwin E. Huddleson, Jr. Professor of Law, Stanford Law School, Faculty Co-Director, Stanfo ... http://p.ost.im/p/eu9Rtd

California - Annual Defender Office Management Seminar - Apr. 19th - Oxnard

Thursday, April 19, 2012Embassy Suites Mandalay Beach Resort, Oxnard, CaliforniaCoordinator: Gary Windo ... http://p.ost.im/p/euM9XL

Wrongfully convicted man awarded $25 million

By NBCChicago.comCHICAGO -- A federal jury has awarded $25 million to a man who sued the City of Chicago af ... http://p.ost.im/p/euJQLn

Man spends 2 years in solitary after DWI arrest

By Elizabeth Chuck, msnbc.comA New Mexico man who said he was forced to pull his own tooth while in solitar ... http://p.ost.im/p/euJ29a

California - More parolees than expected entering Yolo County

The Woodland Daily Democrat - By KATHERINE JARVIS - Posted: 01/25/2012 07:42:21 AM PSTWhile Yolo County off ... http://p.ost.im/p/euYkkX

Four months in, some California judges want more say over state's new sentencing rules - Defense attorneys strongly disagree

Mercury News - By Tracey Kaplan - January 24, 2012Some California Superior Court judges are calling for a m ... http://p.ost.im/p/emnWCu

California - El Dorado County realignment stats examined

The Mountain Democrat - by Chris Daley - Jan 24, 2012 - The Community Corrections Partnership met last week ... http://p.ost.im/p/euJPpV

Legal Blog - Ruminations On Law - GPS and the Fourth Amendment by Captain Motion

Did the United States Supreme Court really get it right in the new GPS/Fourth Amendment case, United States v. ... http://p.ost.im/p/emcFsW

California Attorneys: Invitation to Comment: Proposal to amend Code of Judicial Ethics

From: "Kieliger, Camilla" Subject: Invitation to Comment: Proposal to amend Code of Judicial EthicsComm ... http://p.ost.im/p/emTv5F

Los Angeles Times Editorial: Spare California's courts from cuts

Justice is not a commodity that Californians can learn to do without for several years as the economy sorts its ... http://p.ost.im/p/emvBhx

Judge orders woman to give up password to hard drive

MSNBC News - By Suzanne ChoneyIn the future, your hard drive may not be your hard drive: A federal judge ha ... http://p.ost.im/p/emEnvy

FBI arrests 4 Conn. cops for alleged racial profiling

By Jonathan Dienst, Joe Valiquette and Shimon Prokupecz, NBCNewYork.comThe FBI arrested three police office ... http://p.ost.im/p/emKFEY

UFO Abductees Defend TSA Probings as Necessary and Proven Security Measures

http://www.benningtonvalepress.com/2012/01/ufo-abductees-defend-tsa-probings-as.html

California counties revamping bail policies

Marisa Lagos, San Francisco Chronicle Staff WriterMonday, January 23, 2012Some California counties are ... http://p.ost.im/p/eu8dSD

PLACING GPS DEVICE ON CAR WITHOUT A WARRANT VIOLATES THE FOURTH AMENDMENT - Good new search case from the US Supremes

Date:  Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:36:47 -0800By From: Al Menaster, Appellate Division, Los Angeles County Public ... http://p.ost.im/p/eudcSq

Supreme Court rules: Warrant needed for GPS tracking - Ruling overturns drug conspiracy conviction which included GPS tracking as evidence

By Jesse H. Holland, Pete YostWASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that police mu ... http://p.ost.im/p/emvbeR

Services Pending for Defense Attorney Gigi Gordon

Monday, January 23, 2012 - By a MetNews Staff WriterServices were pending Friday for prominent criminal d ... http://p.ost.im/p/eue5DN

The Seattle Times - Washington State wastes millions helping sex predators avoid lockup

By Christine Willmsen - Seattle Times staff reporterWashington's civil-commitment program that shields soci ... http://p.ost.im/p/emWkkV

Hi-Tech Talk: The best places to trade-in your electronics

By Suzanne Kantra - Techlicious - MSNBC.COMIf you're holding back on upgrading to a new cell phone, camera ... http://p.ost.im/p/emQjpf

THE WEEK'S CASES: for the week ending January 20, 2012

by Al Menaster, Los Angeles County Public Defender's OfficeLESSER-INCLUDED OFFENSES WITHIN ASSAULT WITH INT ... http://p.ost.im/p/emAH4m

Youtube video: Stand Up for Justice - Why Californians should be concerned about the drastic cuts in court budgets statewide

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzhErnUBxyQ ... http://p.ost.im/p/emCAbc

TV Covering High-Profile Ohio Trial With Puppets

By THOMAS J. SHEERAN Associated Press - CLEVELAND January 20, 2012 (AP)It's courtroom drama crossed with "S ... http://p.ost.im/p/emHhu2