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2023He argued then, and now contends with the benefit of Strong, that the court 5 erred in relying on the jury’s special circumstance finding to establish he was a major participant who acted with reckless indifference to human life because our Supreme Court clarified the special circumstances analysis after his conviction in People v. Banks, supra, 61 Cal.4th 788 and People v. Clark, supra, 63 Cal.4th 522 .

2023In both his original and supplemental 3 briefing, he contends the trial court erred in relying on the jury’s special circumstance finding to establish that he was a major participant who acted with reckless indifference to human life, because the California Supreme Court clarified the special circumstances analysis after his conviction in Banks, supra, 61 Cal.4th 788 and Clark, supra, 63 Cal.4th 522 .

2023He argued then, and now contends with the benefit of Strong, that the court 5 erred in relying on the jury’s special circumstance finding to establish he was a major participant who acted with reckless indifference to human life because our Supreme Court clarified the special circumstances analysis after his conviction in People v. Banks, supra, 61 Cal.4th 788 and People v. Clark, supra, 63 Cal.4th 522 .

2023In both his original and supplemental 3 briefing, he contends the trial court erred in relying on the jury’s special circumstance finding to establish that he was a major participant who acted with reckless indifference to human life, because the California Supreme Court clarified the special circumstances analysis after his conviction in Banks, supra, 61 Cal.4th 788 and Clark, supra, 63 Cal.4th 522 .

2018No. 1727, p. 9 [29 PERC ¶ 40, p. 9].) This general rule is subject to an exception where special circumstances justify a prohibition of union buttons and regalia. ( Ibid. ; Pay'N Save Corp. v. N.L.R.B. (9th Cir. 1981) 641 F.2d 697 , 700. ( Pay'N Save ).) The special circumstances exception covers a variety of concerns and includes where the employer has "a need 'to project a certain type of image to the public.' " ( Pay'N Save , supra , at p. 700, quoting N.L.R.B. v. Harrah's Club (9th Cir. 1964) 337 F.2d 177 , 180.) 5 Generally, the employer has the burden of establishing that its policy or r

2018(Pay’N Save).) The special circumstances exception covers a variety of concerns and includes where the employer has “a need ‘to project a certain type of image to the public.’ ” (Pay’N Save, supra, at p. 700 , quoting N.L.R.B. v. Harrah’s Club (9th Cir. 1964) 337 F.2d 177, 180 .)5 Generally, the employer has the burden of establishing that its policy or rule is justified by special circumstances.

2016(See Cryer, supra, 198 Cal.App.4th at p. 1049 .) 3 of time that the high earner has or will have primary physical responsibility for the children compared to the other parent”].) We note further that Howard points us to no place in the record where he argued to the trial court that special circumstances would have justified a lower-than- guideline support order, and on appeal he makes no argument that not deviating from the guideline formula was necessarily an abuse of discretion.

2015Child support may therefore appropriately improve the standard of living of the custodial household to improve the lives of the children." "In light of these principles, departure from the standard child support formula may be appropriate when application of the formula 'would be unjust or inappropriate due to special circumstances in the particular case' (§ 4057, subd. (b)(5)), so long as the variance is consistent with section 4053." ( Cryer, supra, 198 Cal.App.4th at pp. 1047- 1048.) This special circumstances exception gives the trial court "considerable discretion to approach unique cases

2009As has been noted, the special circumstances doctrine arises where the totality of the circumstances “justifies the conclusion that the foreseeable risk of harm imposed is unreasonable, and that the defendant owner or one in charge of a vehicle has a duty to third persons in the class of the plaintiffs to refrain from subjecting them to such risk.” (Hergenrether, supra, 61 Cal.2d at p. 445 .) In evaluating the circumstances of this case, including the criminal environment, its similarity to Hergenrether and Palma cannot be overlooked.

1986(See, e.g., Richardson v. Ham (1955) 44 Cal.2d 772 [ 285 P.2d 269 ]; Hergenrether v. East (1964) 61 Cal.2d 440 [ 39 Cal. Rptr. 4 , 393 P.2d 164 ]; Enders v. Apcoa, Inc. (1976) 55 Cal. App.3d 897 [ 127 Cal. Rptr. 751 ].) Defendant contends that the trial court erred by giving the special circumstances instruction, since the manlift was used by a bailee (Atkinson) rather than by a thief.

2025A. Special circumstances doctrine In Richards v. Stanley (1954) 43 Cal.2d 60 (Richards), the California Supreme Court established the rule that “[a]bsent ‘ “special circumstances,” ’ the owner or bailee of a motor vehicle has no duty to protect third persons against the possibility a thief will steal the vehicle and injure them with it.” (May v. Nine Plus Properties, Inc. (2006) 143 Cal.App.4th 1538, 1541 (May).) The Richards court held that the owner of a car who left it unattended and unlocked, with the key in the ignition, lacked a duty to a motorcyclist who was injured when a thief stole t

2023In addition, he challenges the trial court’s reasoning that defendant is ineligible for relief because he was the actual killer, claiming the determination was improper under People v. Lewis (2021) 11 Cal.5th 952 (Lewis).

2023There may be reasonable doubt that the defendant was the direct perpetrator, and a similar doubt that he was the aider and abettor, but no such doubt that he was one or the other.” (People v. Santamaria (1994) 8 Cal.4th 903, 919 ; see also People v. Potts (2019) 6 Cal.5th 1012, 1048 .)9 The balance of Bejarano’s argument appears to be that the trial court was required to go beyond a narrow answer to the question posed in its supplemental instruction and should instead have instructed on the legal significance of the actual-killer determination to the special circumstances analysis, which is no

2022The language of the special circumstances instruction contradicts Ochoa’s claim that the jury was not “required . . . to find [he] had the intent to kill when [Paula] was actually murdered.” To the contrary, the instruction required the jury to find that, “with intent to kill,” he “participated as a co-conspirator with or aided and abetted an actor in the commission of the murder in the first degree, in order to find the special circumstances to be true.” (Brackets omitted, italics added.) Ochoa similarly misplaces reliance on People v. Nero (2010) 181 Cal.App.4th 504 for the proposition that

2021Specifically, as the 1987 Opinion observed, Sparks’s trial was held prior to our Supreme Court’s holding in People v. Beeman (1984) 35 Cal.3d 547 , 560 that a conviction based on aiding and abetting requires proof that an aider and abettor acted “with an intent or purpose either of committing, or of encouraging or facilitating commission of, the offense,” not merely with knowledge of the actual perpetrator’s purpose.

2018No. 1727, p. 9 [29 PERC ¶ 40, p. 9].) This general rule is subject to an exception where special circumstances justify a prohibition of union buttons and regalia. ( Ibid. ; Pay'N Save Corp. v. N.L.R.B. (9th Cir. 1981) 641 F.2d 697 , 700. ( Pay'N Save ).) The special circumstances exception covers a variety of concerns and includes where the employer has "a need 'to project a certain type of image to the public.' " ( Pay'N Save , supra , at p. 700, quoting N.L.R.B. v. Harrah's Club (9th Cir. 1964) 337 F.2d 177 , 180.) 5 Generally, the employer has the burden of establishing that its policy or r

2016As this court said In re Marriage of Dunn (2002) 103 Cal.App.4th 345 , 348: “Child custody and visitation orders may be modified based on the ‘best interests of the child’ and, as an adjunct to the best-interest test, in final judicial custody determinations where the moving party also has established a significant change in circumstances. [Citation.] The ‘overarching concern’ remains the best interests of the child. [Citation.]” 3 Likewise embodied in a separate formal order filed April 30, 2015. 4 Though one should note the trial court applied a special circumstances rule so the reduction wa

2015(In re Marriage of Bodo (2011) 198 Cal.App.4th 373, 384 .) When applying the abuse of discretion standard, the reviewing court is limited to "determining whether the court's factual determinations are supported by substantial evidence and whether the court acted reasonably in exercising its discretion." (In re Marriage of De Guigne (2002) 97 Cal.App.4th 1353, 1360 .) Thus, " '[w]e do not substitute our judgment for that of the trial court, but confine ourselves to determining whether any judge could have reasonably made the challenged order. [Citation.]' [Citation.]" (In re Marriage of Henry (

2015(In re Marriage of Bodo (2011) 198 Cal.App.4th 373, 384 .) When applying the abuse of discretion standard, the reviewing court is limited to "determining whether the court's factual determinations are supported by substantial evidence and whether the court acted reasonably in exercising its discretion." (In re Marriage of De Guigne (2002) 97 Cal.App.4th 1353, 1360 .) Thus, " '[w]e do not substitute our judgment for that of the trial court, but confine ourselves to determining whether any judge could have reasonably made the challenged order. [Citation.]' [Citation.]" (In re Marriage of Henry (

2015(In re Marriage of Bodo (2011) 198 Cal.App.4th 373, 384 .) When applying the abuse of discretion standard, the reviewing court is limited to "determining whether the court's factual determinations are supported by substantial evidence and whether the court acted reasonably in exercising its discretion." (In re Marriage of De Guigne (2002) 97 Cal.App.4th 1353, 1360 .) Thus, " '[w]e do not substitute our judgment for that of the trial court, but confine ourselves to determining whether any judge could have reasonably made the challenged order. [Citation.]' [Citation.]" (In re Marriage of Henry (

2009(Hergenrether, supra, 61 Cal.2d at p. 445 ; Palma, supra, 36 Cal.3d at p. 184 .) Here, plaintiffs’ evidence indicated the City of Huntington Park had the highest rate of vehicle theft in the nation in 2004 and it ranked in the top 14th percentile in violent crime.

1997Given these circumstances, the court did not abuse its discretion by reducing Miller’s support obligation to zero and urging him to locate a roommate in order to reduce his monthly expenses.” (Miller, supra, 49 Cal.App.4th at p. 869 .) Considered in light of these cases, the record here will not support application of the special circumstances exception to the guideline amount otherwise required by section 4055.

1986(See, e.g., Richardson v. Ham (1955) 44 Cal.2d 772 [ 285 P.2d 269 ]; Hergenrether v. East (1964) 61 Cal.2d 440 [ 39 Cal. Rptr. 4 , 393 P.2d 164 ]; Enders v. Apcoa, Inc. (1976) 55 Cal. App.3d 897 [ 127 Cal. Rptr. 751 ].) Defendant contends that the trial court erred by giving the special circumstances instruction, since the manlift was used by a bailee (Atkinson) rather than by a thief.

1986(See, e.g., Richardson v. Ham (1955) 44 Cal.2d 772 [ 285 P.2d 269 ]; Hergenrether v. East (1964) 61 Cal.2d 440 [ 39 Cal. Rptr. 4 , 393 P.2d 164 ]; Enders v. Apcoa, Inc. (1976) 55 Cal. App.3d 897 [ 127 Cal. Rptr. 751 ].) Defendant contends that the trial court erred by giving the special circumstances instruction, since the manlift was used by a bailee (Atkinson) rather than by a thief.

1986(See, e.g., Richardson v. Ham (1955) 44 Cal.2d 772 [ 285 P.2d 269 ]; Hergenrether v. East (1964) 61 Cal.2d 440 [ 39 Cal. Rptr. 4 , 393 P.2d 164 ]; Enders v. Apcoa, Inc. (1976) 55 Cal. App.3d 897 [ 127 Cal. Rptr. 751 ].) Defendant contends that the trial court erred by giving the special circumstances instruction, since the manlift was used by a bailee (Atkinson) rather than by a thief.

1986(See, e.g., Richardson v. Ham (1955) 44 Cal.2d 772 [ 285 P.2d 269 ]; Hergenrether v. East (1964) 61 Cal.2d 440 [ 39 Cal. Rptr. 4 , 393 P.2d 164 ]; Enders v. Apcoa, Inc. (1976) 55 Cal. App.3d 897 [ 127 Cal. Rptr. 751 ].) Defendant contends that the trial court erred by giving the special circumstances instruction, since the manlift was used by a bailee (Atkinson) rather than by a thief.

1986Harsh as the felony-murder rule may seem to the appellant, it nevertheless is the law and Dillon but an exception. 1 In sum, because the punishment here was within the bounds prescribed by law and its application here does not “shock[] the conscience and offend[] fundamental notions of human dignity” (In re Lynch, supra, 8 Cal.3d at p. 424 , fn. omitted), we find no error in the action below.

1978That contention was made and rejected in People v. Harvey (1977) 76 Cal.App.3d 441 [ 142 Cal.Rptr. 887 ]; we follow that decision.

1978That contention was made and rejected in People v. Harvey (1977) 76 Cal.App.3d 441 [ 142 Cal.Rptr. 887 ]; we follow that decision.