8 results for 'judge:"Codrington"'.
J. Codrington finds that the trial court properly granted a fire district's petition to disqualify a ballot initiative seeking to repeal a special tax. The fire district was not required to show intent or a misdemeanor violation for the trial court to find that the initiative was invalid due to language that falsely implied the tax was illegal and unconstitutional despite case law and statutory law that established otherwise. Affirmed.
Court: California Courts Of Appeal, Judge: Codrington, Filed On: February 14, 2024, Case #: E079130, Categories: Elections, Tax
J. Codrington finds that the trial court improperly dismissed a felon in possession of a firearm complaint. No evidence shows that the loss of dashcam footage during the five years between when the charge was filed and when the case was prosecuted prejudiced defendant. Reversed.
Court: California Courts Of Appeal, Judge: Codrington, Filed On: October 17, 2023, Case #: E079991, Categories: Firearms, Due Process
[Modified.] J. Codrington adds amendments that were missing from a previously published opinion with no change in judgment. The public entity owner of a property where an off-road motorcycle rider was injured is entitled to governmental hazardous recreational activity immunity. Statute specifically cites off-road motorcycling of any kind as a hazardous recreational activity, and the failure to warn exception does not apply because the cable fence the rider hit did not pose a substantial risk to people using the property with due care. Affirmed.
Court: California Courts Of Appeal, Judge: Codrington, Filed On: August 23, 2023, Case #: E078037, Categories: Immunity, Negligence
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J. Codrington finds that the public entity owner of a property where an off-road motorcycle rider was injured is entitled to governmental hazardous recreational activity immunity. Statute specifically cites off-road motorcycling of any kind as a hazardous recreational activity, and the failure to warn exception does not apply because the cable fence the rider hit did not pose a substantial risk to people using the property with due care. Affirmed.
Court: California Courts Of Appeal, Judge: Codrington, Filed On: August 21, 2023, Case #: E078037, Categories: Immunity, Negligence
[Modified.] J. Codrington modifies a previously published opinion and denies a petition for rehearing with no change in judgment. The trial court was within its discretion to deny the state a continuance to extend the 60-day deadline to try defendant's felony case. A shortage of judges, a chronic backlog and operational delays caused by Covid-19 combined to require the dismissal of charges for assault with a deadly weapon. Affirmed.
Court: California Courts Of Appeal, Judge: Codrington, Filed On: August 2, 2023, Case #: E080076, Categories: Judiciary, Assault, Due Process
J. Codrington finds that the trial court was within its discretion to deny the state a continuance to extend the 60-day deadline to try defendant's felony case. A shortage of judges, a chronic backlog and operational delays caused by Covid-19 combined to require the dismissal of charges for assault with a deadly weapon. Affirmed.
Court: California Courts Of Appeal, Judge: Codrington, Filed On: July 11, 2023, Case #: E080076, Categories: Judiciary, Assault, Due Process