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Case opinions. Per curiam. Jahi McMath was a thirteen-year-old girl who was declared brain dead in California following surgery in 2013. This led to a bioethical debate engendered by her family's rejection of the medicolegal findings of death in the case, and their efforts to maintain her body using mechanical ventilation and other measures.
Court: Los Angeles County Superior Court: Full case name: People of the State of California v. Conrad Robert Murray : Decided: November 7, 2011: Verdict: Murray found guilty of involuntary manslaughter: Case history; Subsequent actions: Murray was sentenced to four years in prison; he was released on October 28, 2013 after serving 1 year and 11 ...
Robinson v. California, 370 U.S. 660 (1962), is the first landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court in which the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution was interpreted to prohibit criminalization of particular acts or conduct, as contrasted with prohibiting the use of a particular form of punishment for a crime.
Lockyer v. Andrade. Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of California, v. Leandro Andrade. Defendant convicted, Los Angeles County Superior Court; conviction affirmed, California Court of Appeal. Then defendant filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the U.S. district court for the Central District of California.
Latasha Harlins. Latasha Harlins (January 1, 1976 – March 16, 1991) was an African-American girl who was fatally shot at age 15 by Soon Ja Du ( Korean: 두순자 ), a 49-year-old Korean American convenience store owner. Du was tried and convicted of voluntary manslaughter over the killing of Harlins, based in part on security camera footage.
June 20, 2024 at 2:16 PM. LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California judge can stand trial on a murder charge in the shooting death of his wife, another judge ruled Thursday, after finding there ...
The Superior Court of Los Angeles County is the California Superior Court located in Los Angeles County. It is the largest single unified trial court in the United States. The Superior Court operates 37 courthouses throughout the county. Currently, the Presiding Judge is Samantha P. Jessner and David W. Slayton is the Executive Officer/Clerk of ...
She organized the Echo Park death cafe in June 2022, just a few months before Lui started one in Los Feliz. Like Lui, Yacina had recently gotten certified as an end-of-life doula, and the pandemic ...