CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION THE COURT * Defendant John C. Dear (defendant) appeals from a judgment entered against him in the principal sum of $25,000 representing unpaid credit card charges owed to Citibank, N.A. (Citibank), who subsequently sold the account to Pilot Receivables Management, LLC (Pilot). The account was later assigned to Unifund CCR Partners, who then assigned the account to plaintiff Unifund CCR, LLC (plaintiff). Defendant contends the trial court erred in admitting into...
CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION OPINION RICCIARDULLI , J. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff 511 S. Park View, Inc. appeals from an order awarding $12,375 in attorney fees to defendants Maria Tsantis and Michael Iorio following an unlawful detainer court trial. Plaintiff contends the award of attorney fees was limited by the express terms of the parties' lease agreement, and therefore the trial court erred in awarding an amount in excess of $750. We conclude that the court's ruling was in error and...
CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION OPINION P. McKAY , P. J. The issue presented in this petition for a writ of mandate is whether, in deferring sentence under Penal Code section 1001.94, respondent trial court abused its discretion by not ordering real party to "complete the same obligations that would have been imposed had judgment been entered." ( 1001.94, subd. (f).) 1 We find an abuse of discretion and accordingly grant petitioner relief. BACKGROUND Petitioner, the People of the State of...
CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION * OPINION RICCIARDULLI , J. I. INTRODUCTION Defendant Francis Shivers appeals the judgment following his conviction of violating a restraining order and electronically distributing a harassing message (Pen. Code, 273.6, subd. (a), 653.2, subd. (a), respectively). Regarding the restraining order charge, defendant contends the court misinstructed the jury, erroneously failed to instruct sua sponte on self-defense, and erred in answering the jury's...
