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A Murgia motion is a common motion in California criminal law based on the California Supreme Court decision Murgia v. Municipal Court (1975) 15 Cal.3d 286. The motion requests that the defendant's criminal charges be dismissed upon a showing of selective prosecution for improper purposes, amounting to a violation of the right to equal protection of law.
California criminal law generally follows the law of the United States. However, there are both substantive and procedural differences between how the United States federal government and California prosecute alleged violations of criminal law.
Nolle prosequi, [a] abbreviated nol or nolle pros, is legal Latin meaning "to be unwilling to pursue". [3] [4] It is a type of prosecutorial discretion in common law, used for prosecutors' declarations that they are voluntarily ending a criminal case before trial or before a verdict is rendered; [5] it is a kind of motion to dismiss and contrasts with an involuntary dismissal.
Prosecutorial discretion [18] grants AGC the power to institute, conduct or discontinue any prosecution at his discretion. [19] The prosecution bears the burden of proof and is required to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt. This means that in order for a defendant to be found guilty, the case presented by the prosecution must be enough ...
The program is a part of the California Model, an ambitious effort Gov. Gavin Newsom launched in March 2023 to overhaul a prison system built on fear and retribution and replace it with ...
The California Department of Justice is a statewide investigative law enforcement agency and legal department of the California executive branch under the elected leadership of the Attorney General of California (AG) which carries out complex criminal and civil investigations, prosecutions, and other legal services throughout the US State of California. [1]
Kamala Harris appears in 2011 at a "Smart on Crime" policy summit at UC Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, where she spoke about protecting the rights of victims of sex trafficking.
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