On Monday morning, the Supreme Court will file its opinions in Law Finance Group, LLC v. Key and People v. Prudholme. (Briefs here; oral argument videos here and here.)
The opinions will leave just one undecided case from the April calendar. An opinion in that last case should file either on Thursday or a week from Monday.
In Key, the court is expected to decide whether equitable tolling applies to the 100-day deadline in Code of Civil Procedure section 1288.2 to serve and file a request to vacate an arbitration award in response to a petition to confirm the award. The court granted review in November 2021.
When the court un-held Prudholme in December 2021, it ordered briefing on these questions: “Does Assembly Bill No. 1950 (Stats. 2020, ch. 328) apply retroactively under In re Estrada (1965) 63 Cal.2d 740? If so, does the remand procedure of People v. Stamps (2020) 9 Cal.5th 685 apply [see here]?” (Link added.) AB 1950 reduced maximum probation times. The Attorney General has conceded retroactivity, so the main issue is the second one: whether the prosecution can pull out of a plea deal if an agreed to probation term is later reduced.
The opinions can be viewed Monday starting at 10:00 a.m.
