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Nov 10 1:45 pm
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California installs first lesbian Supreme Court justice

Don Thompson, Associated Press

Kelli Evans has been an Alameda County Superior Court judge just since last year. She previously was Newsom’s chief deputy legal affairs secretary, where his office said she helped him shape a moratorium on capital punishment that Newsom issued in 2019.

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Jul 27 12:29 pm
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California chief justice won’t seek a second 12-year term

Don Thompson, Associated Press

The announcement by Chief Justice Tani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye will give Newsom his third opportunity to appoint a justice to the seven-member high court, and his first to pick a new chief justice.

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Jun 27 12:45 pm
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Court upholds death sentence for murderer who ran over victim, killed another in jail

City News Service

The California Supreme Court unanimously rejected the contention that there were errors in the trial of Santiago Pineda, who is behind bars at San Quentin State Prison.

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Feb 16 12:02 pm
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Newsom nominates first Latina to California Supreme Court

Byrhonda Lyons, CalMatters

Patricia Guerrero, a daughter of immigrants, would become the high court’s first Latina—significant in a state court system where Latinos are underrepresented.

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Dec 2 2021 4:38 pm
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Man’s conviction, death sentence upheld for deputy’s murder in Long Beach

City News Service

Frank Christopher Gonzalez, now 41, was sentenced to death in May 2008, less than a month after being convicted of the first-degree murder and attempted robbery of Maria Rosa, who was gunned down about 6 a.m. on March 28, 2006.

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Oct 1 2020 12:29 pm
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State Supreme Court won’t review case of man convicted of girlfriend’s murder

City News Service

The California Supreme Court  refused to hear the case of a Long Beach man convicted of gunning down the mother of his three children in her Bellflower apartment.

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Jan 3 2020 11:46 am
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State Supreme Court won’t hear appeal of man who stabbed ex-girlfriend 19 times

City News Service

Ngounsay Keo—who is serving a 19-year-to-life state prison sentence—was convicted in November 2017 of second-degree murder.

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Jan 2 2020 3:16 pm
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State Supreme Court won’t hear appeal in homeless encampment mass killing

City News Service

“The evidence was that both defendants took an active role in the commission of the murders,” the presiding justice wrote in the decision.

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Nov 20 2019 3:08 pm
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State supreme court won’t hear case of man convicted of 3 rapes

City News Service

A Los Angeles jury found Samuel Alexander Vasquez guilty last year of three counts of forcible rape, two counts of kidnapping and one count each of forcible oral copulation and assault with a deadly weapon.

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May 2 2019 6:43 pm
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State Supreme Court won’t hear case involving murder of Long Beach man

City News Service

The victim’s body was found inside an SUV that had been set on fire in Rancho Palos Verdes more than six years ago.

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