Tag Archives: CC 3130


The Huge Impact of A Tiny Two-Letter Word
October 15th, 2020

In this March 10, 2020 post FORECITE discussed the CALCRIM instructions which define great bodily injury as a “significant or substantial physical injury … that is greater than minor or moderate harm.” The post suggested, in reliance on People v. Medellin (2020) 45 Cal.App.5th 519, 533- 535 that — as argued by the prosecutor in […]


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Second Amendment As Bar To Arming Enhancement
July 1st, 2014

  The United States Supreme Court has held that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual’s right to bear arms. (District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) 554 U.S. 570.) Although the court articulated an exception for felons, the defense position is that this exception does not apply to armed enhancements. The Second Amendment’s protection of the […]


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