April 22, 2026
Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Six
The Rule of People v. Hardy is that assault weapons, short-barreled shotguns, large capacity magazines, and silencers are not protected "arms" under the Second Amendment, and regulations requiring firearm transfers through licensed dealers do not meaningfully constrain the right to keep and bear arms, under circumstances where defendants mount facial constitutional challenges to California's firearms restrictions.
March 26, 2026
Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division Two
The Rule of In re E.J. is that Penal Code section 29820, which prohibits minors adjudged wards of the juvenile court for specified offenses from possessing firearms until age 30, is facially constitutional under the Second and Fourteenth Amendments, under circumstances where the prohibition is based on a prior juvenile adjudication for qualifying criminal conduct.
March 5, 2026
Court of Appeal of the State of California, First Appellate District, Division One
The Rule of People v. Uceda is that a trial court must instruct sua sponte on grossly negligent discharge of a firearm (Penal Code § 246.3, subd.
February 26, 2026
Supreme Court of California
The Rule of People v. Morgan is that assault is not a lesser included offense of resisting an executive officer by use of force or violence under Penal Code section 69(a), under circumstances where the defendant's forceful resistance does not require a "present ability" to commit violent injury as required for assault.
3/16/26
Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division One
The Rule of People v. Riggs is that an attorney's temporary administrative suspension from the State Bar for trust account reporting violations does not per se constitute ineffective assistance of counsel, under circumstances where the attorney was suspended for administrative noncompliance rather than resignation with disciplinary charges pending.
5/4/26
Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division One
The Rule of *People v. Parker B.* is that when a juvenile court dismisses a petition under Welfare and Institutions Code section 782 after adjudication without qualification, the dismissal encompasses both the petition and all findings made on the offenses alleged therein, thereby satisfying section 786(d)'s requirement that "the finding on that offense was dismissed" for purposes of sealing records involving Penal Code section 707(b) offenses committed at age 14 or older, under circumstances where the juvenile has satisfactorily completed probation and the court has not expressly limited the scope of its dismissal.