- Published ruling, rights: San Bernardino Superior Judge Kawika Smith’s dispossession of Second Amendment rights affirmed in People v. Alexander (FVI18001733/E078846)
- Alex Alexander challenged long-standing laws that prevent felons from possessing firearms. He argued that the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen invalidated the laws. The Court of Appeal disagreed. The Bruen ruling dealt only with concealed carry licensing, and did not overturn precedent that limited the right to carry to people with certain convictions, the ruling said.
- Criminal: San Bernardino Superior Judge Kawika Smith’s sentencing affirmed in part and remanded in People v. Alexander (FVI20001074/E079045)
- In a separate appeal, Alexander argued