Moreno Valley, CA
Family Lawyer at Moreno Valley, CA
Practice Areas: Family, Divorce & Separation
OUTCOME: Lower court judgment affirmed.
David F. Blaisdell, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant and for Petitioner.Minor was in foster care with possible reunification plans. This case involved two relat ... ed appeals petition for write of mandate.
OUTCOME: Case was dismissed
David F. Blaisdell, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Minors. --- A mother appeals from findings and orders made at hearings conducted pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code sections 366 ... .21 and 366.26. fn. 1 Finding that none of the challenged findings and orders are properly before the court in this proceeding, the appeal was dismissed. .
OUTCOME: Affirmed
David F. Blaisdell, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Objector and Appellant. -- Possible award of custody to father.
OUTCOME: Lower court judgment affirmed
David F. Blaisdell and Stephen S. Buckley, under appointments by the Court of Appeal, for Objectors and Appellants.- Freedom from custody and control for minor child.
OUTCOME: Judgment affirmed
David F. Blaisdell, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, and J. D. Adams, Jr., in pro. per., for Defendant and Appellant. Appellant was convicted of first degree murder (with the special cir ... cumstance that the murder was committed in the course of robbery), multiple counts of robbery, and attempted murder. He was sentenced to prison for life without possibility of parole.
OUTCOME: Affirmed
David F. Blaisdell, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. The court stated: We affirm the denial of his motion to suppress under Penal Code section 1538.5, and h ... old that the flight of a police helicopter, over an open field at an altitude of approximately 150 feet, does not constitute a violation of Messervy's Fourth Amendment rights.
OUTCOME: Affirmed
David F. Blaisdell, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. --- Defendant Sandra Davis Lawrence appeals from a judgment of conviction of the first degree murder (P ... en. Code, § 187) of Rubye Williams following a jury trial. The issues raised on appeal are: (1) the failure to instruct the jury to consider evidence of the motive and opportunity for someone other than defendant to commit the murder; (2) the failure to order a diagnostic report pursuant to Penal Code section 1203.03; and (3) the failure to grant defendant's Hitch motion (People v. Hitch (1974) 12 Cal.3d 641 [117 Cal.Rptr. 9, 527 P.2d 361]), to dismiss or to suppress evidence of the ballistic comparisons and the gun due to the loss or destruction of the bullets that were recovered from the crime scene and victim's body. For the reasons discussed below, we shall affirm the judgment.
OUTCOME: Reversed
David F. Blaisdell and Joseph F. Walsh for Defendants and Appellants. Defendants Curtis Perry and Dennis Robinson appeal from jury convictions for robbery, assault with a deadly weapon and grand ... theft auto on the grounds that evidence presented to the jury regarding a related criminal episode was unduly prejudicial within the meaning of Evidence Code sections 1101 and 352 and that the prosecutor engaged in misconduct during closing argument. In addition, defendant Robinson contends that the trial court's refusal to sever two counts charging codefendant Perry, alone, with robbery and assault with a deadly weapon, and failure to instruct the jury as to the specific intent requirement of aiding and abetting, established byPeople v. Beeman (1984) 35 Cal.3d 547 [199 Cal.Rptr. 60, 674 P.2d 1318], demand reversal.
OUTCOME: Judgment modified and affirmed as modified
David F. Blaisdell, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Appellant was convicted on his guilty plea of one count of first degree burglary. He admitted allegation ... s that he twice had been "convicted of a serious felony listed in subdivision (c) of section 1192.7 of the Penal Code, to wit: Burglary, in violation of Section 459 of the Penal Code, within the meaning of Section 667 of the Penal Code." He also admitted having served a prior prison term for receiving stolen property. (Pen. Code, § 667.5, subd. (b).) Pursuant to plea bargain, the trial court dismissed two counts of receiving stolen property and an additional prior prison term enhancement. As part of the same plea bargain, appellant's wife pled guilty to one count of misdemeanor receiving stolen property (Pen. Code, §§ 496, 17, subd. (b)), and the trial court dismissed one count of burglary against her. Appellant was sentenced to prison for the six-year upper base term for the current crime, a one-year additional term for the prior prison term enhancement, and a five-year serious felony enhancement for each burglary prior.
OUTCOME: Judgment of lower court affirmed
David F. Blaisdell, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Defendant pleaded guilty to one count of robbery and one count of burglary. A jury found him guilty of one ... count of false imprisonment. Enhancement allegations made pursuant to Penal Code sections 12022.5 and 12022.6 were found to be true. Defendant was sentenced to state prison for six years. Facts - Defendant and a companion committed an armed robbery of Kirk's Jewelers in Costa Mesa. Mrs. Rhoden had the misfortune of window shopping at the store at the time of the robbery. The robbers saw her and decided to seize her. Mrs. Rhoden started to walk off but was grabbed and dragged into the store where she was placed with customers and staff already in the robbers' custody. Defendant and his companion fled with $109 in cash plus jewelry with a retail value in excess of $130,000.
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