Monterey, CA
Estate planning Lawyer at Monterey, CA
Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Mediation ... +3 more
OUTCOME: Full reversal.
The Court of Appeal reversed the judgment on all counts, concluding that the prosecutor committed prosecutorial misconduct and that the trial court failed to instruct on a lesser included offense.
OUTCOME: Sentence reduced by possible 10 years, guaranteed 5 years.
Reversed two 5-year sentencing enhancements due to insufficient evidence. (People v. Harvey (September 13, 2018, B282358) [unpub. opn.].)
OUTCOME: Two sentences and enhancement reversed.
— Reversed two convictions and sentencing enhancement due to due process violations and insufficient evidence. (People v. Artiga (August 7, 2018, B280883) [unpub. opn.].)
OUTCOME: Victory for Client
Protected client with stage IV brain cancer from ex-husband's appeal challenging spousal support order.
OUTCOME: Victory for Client
Court of Appeal modified unconstitutionally vague probation condition.
OUTCOME: Victory for Client
The Court of Appeal held that our client, who lost her mother, can amend her complaint to establish a narrow exception to the no-duty-to-aid rule--a special relationship based duty to warn that police ... were withdrawing their assistance to her mother.
OUTCOME: Victory for Client
The Court of Appeal held that the trial court lacked authority to impose a temporary registration requirement and reversed the sentence.
OUTCOME: Victory for Client
Attorney Scopp protected his client's right to due process and First Amendment right to public access to court proceedings by persuading the Court of Appeal to modify unconstitutionally vague and overb ... road probation conditions.
OUTCOME: Victory for Client
The Court of Appeal reversed Mr. Zarate's conviction for active participation in a criminal street gang because there was insufficient evidence to support that conviction.
OUTCOME: Reversed and remanded.
The Court of Appeal reversed and remanded the matter to permit the juvenile court to reduce the offense from a felony to a misdemeanor and to determine whether the client had the ability to pay a fine. ... On remand, the juvenile court reduced the offense to a misdemeanor.
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