Why does the jury in a criminal case have to be unanimous? Ask the lawyer - Anaheim news - NewsLocker (2024)

Q: The prosecution in a criminal case has to not only prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, but also bring in a unanimous jury to get a conviction. Who are we protecting here? Why does the verdict have to be unanimous?
T.W., Tustin
Ron Sokol
A: The justification for requiring a unanimous jury in criminal cases is that no one should be deprived of their liberty unless it is fully agreed upon. In the typical civil case, a unanimous jury is not mandatory because often the result is to award moneta

There’s a backlash brewing against the craziness and the rhetoric of the far left

The morning after the 1972 election in which Richard Nixon defeated liberal Democrat George McGovern by 23 points, New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael wandered glumly around the magazine’s Manhattan office. “I don’t know how this could have happened,” Kael muttered. “Not one person I know voted for him.”
Polls continue to show President Joe Biden, by all objective criteria a highly successful president, trailing former President Donald Trump, about whom it mus

Yes, California is a high-tax state

“Is California Really a High-Tax State?”
That is the headline on a recent report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), a liberal Washington, D.C. research group that wants us to believe the answer is “no” even as our wallets are screaming, “Yes!”
The report received a fair amount of publicity, as have ITEP’s past publications with similar themes, so it warrants some discussion.
As the leaders of the two larges

All eyes on Rafael Nadal for what is likely his French Open farewell

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer
PARIS — If this is, as expected, Rafael Nadal’s final French Open, it will be one that everyone – the 37-year-old Spaniard included – surely will remember vividly.
No matter how healthythe guy everyone calls “Rafa”might be. No matter how long his stay in the bracket lasts. No matter whether he somehow addsanother championship at Roland Garros to the record 14he owns.
Narrator: Not even Nadal truly bel

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Have a wee bit o’ fun at Scottish Fest this weekend at OC fairgrounds

The annual family friendly Scottish Fest is Southern California’s largest Scottish, Celtic, American festival.
As the organizers tout, “Everyone is Scottish at Scottish Fest” and visitors of any nationality can celebrate the culture with bagpipes, drums, highland dancing, Scottish clans and genealogy, foods and more.
There will be “heavy athletics” competitions both days, including the caber toss – think throwing a log end over end – throwing hammers and

U.S. existing home sales surprisngly drop in April

High mortgage rates and rising prices continued to put a damper on the spring homebuying season last month.
Existing home sales fell 1.9% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.14 million in April from a revised 4.22 million in March, the National Association of Realtors reported Wednesday. Sales dropped across the country — down 4% in the Northeast, 2.6% in the West, 1.6% in the South and 1% in the Midwest.
The median price of previously occupied homes rose 5.7% to $407,600 — the

Larry Elder: Biden’s Black Lies Matter

President Joe Biden delivered a commencement speech at Morehouse College, an all-male, historically black school in Atlanta. The America into which these graduating students now enter, according to Biden, reeks of “systemic racism” and “the poison of white supremacy.”
“What is democracy if Black men are being killed in the street?” said Biden. “If Black men are being killed on the streets, we bear witness. For me, that means to call out the poison of whi

Making it easier to make things in America

With more tariffs on electric vehicles and an election featuring two pro-tariff presidential candidates on the way, the debate about how best to support and strengthen the U.S. manufacturing sector is back. Some argue, mistakenly, that the key to protecting American industries and manufacturing jobs is a set of tariffs on industrial imports. This approach is ultimately counterproductive. There are better ways to help American manufacturing, not the least of which is to remove regulatory barriers

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Orange County All-Star Baseball Game set for May 29

The Orange County All-Star Baseball Game will be played May 29 at Great Park in Irvine.
This is the first year the game is at Great Park after being played at Glover Stadium for most years.
The nine-inning game begins at 6:30 p.m.
The game was first played in 1968. Among the past players are Hall Of Fame inductees Bert Blyleven (Santiago High School) and Gary Carter (Sunny Hills). Current MLB players who played in the game include Griffin Canning (Santa Margarita) and Patrick Sandoval (Mission V

Dodgers cap 13-game stretch with a dud against Diamondbacks

LOS ANGELES — After a run of 13 consecutive games did the Dodgers no favors, perhaps a five-city tour is more their speed.
Even with Tyler Glasnow on the mound on Wednesday night, the Dodgers were overcome by the Arizona Diamondbacks in a 6-0 loss when the offense disappeared and a three-game series was squandered.
The daunting top of the order of Mookie Betts, Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman and Will Smith went a combined 2 for 14 mostly against right-hander Brandon Hughes, who was coming

Esperanza softball coach Ed Tunstall retires after 21 seasons

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber.Subscribe nowEd Tunstall’s voice cracked with emotion as he discussed his favorite part of being the Esperanza softball coach.
“Don’t get me started,” he said, trying to move along the conversation.
Tunstall said he especially relished the interaction with his players, and that’s what made his announcement on Wednesday difficult.
After 21 seasons leading one of Orange County’s most

UCLA women’s golf falls to Stanford in NCAA match play final

CARLSBAD — There wasn’t much of a sunset on Wednesday, with the marine layer hugging the coast and blocking the sun’s descent into the Pacific Ocean.
As far as a sunset to a career, it was glorious.
Rachel Heck lagged a birdie putt to a few inches on the 15th green to score the clinching point in top-ranked Stanford’s 3-2 victory over UCLA in the match play final at the NCAA women’s golf championships on Omni La Costa Resort & Spa’s North Course. She sprin

UCLA gymnast Alex Irvine transfers to Auburn after freshman season

UCLA gymnast Alex Irvine announced that she is transferring to Auburn in an Instagram post on Wednesday evening.
“Found what I was looking for,” she wrote in the post. “Thank you Auburn coaches for a great visit and my family for trusting me to make big decisions like this.”
View this post on InstagramA post shared by Alex Irvine (@alexirvvine)Irvine just completed her freshman season at UCLA and was seen as an up-and-coming gymnast for the Bruins. She reliably fit into t

Dodgers’ Dave Roberts calls bullpen the most pleasant surprise so far

LOS ANGELES — Andy Pages has burst onto the scene, Yoshinobu Yamamoto has handled his transition to MLB well and the defense has been far better than advertised, even with the infrequent stumble.
Yet, when Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was asked about the most pleasant surprise two months into the season, he looked toward a different part of the roster.
“I guess probably the roles in the bullpen,” Roberts said. “You know, having four of the five top leverage guys essential

Anaheim Discovery Christian’s Zuxu Wu qualifies for CIF State boys golf championships

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber.Subscribe nowAnaheim Discovery Christian senior Zuxu Wu is the last Orange County boys golfer still playing this postseason.
The Academy League champion carded a 4-under-par 70 to tie for ninth Wednesday at the CIF-SCGA SoCal Regional at Los Serranos Golf Club to advance to next week’s state championships.
The top-nine finishing individuals not on advancing teams and the top-three schools qualified for the CIF S

Huntington Beach must release air show settlement, judge rules

Huntington Beach must comply with the state open records law and release the entire settlement agreement between it and the operator of the annual air show, an Orange County Judge ruled Wednesday, May 22.
The city has spent the last year refusing to release the $5 million settlement document between it and Pacific Airshow agreed to in May 2023.
Gina Clayton-Tarvin, a resident and Ocean View School District trustee, sued the city after it refused to release the document under the state’s op

Newsom shuns tax increases yet his budget contains billions in new levies on businesses

When Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a much-revised 2024-25 state budget this month, he became visibly irritated when reporters pressed him about raising taxes to cover a $44.9 billion deficit, particularly the corporate tax hikes that left-leaning groups have suggested to avoid spending cuts in health, welfare and education programs.
“When considering the 8.84 % corporate tax – which is the highest, arguably, depending on how you analyze it, in the country – no, I’m not prepa

Eric Trump political fundraiser in Temecula gets underway

A fundraiser for conservative school board candidates headlined by Eric Trump is underway Wednesday evening, May 22, in Temecula.
The Trump-loving crowd donned red Make America Great Again caps, hoisted Donald Trump 2024 flags and enjoyed a guitarist’s performance of “Folsom Prison Blues” — dedicated to Hillary Clinton. They gathered in the Stampede, a popular country music venue in rustic Old Town Temecula.
At least an hour before the 6 p.m. event, people on both sides o

Eric Trump blasts Democrats, promises his dad will win election during Temecula speech

In a speech in Temecula, Eric Trump on Wednesday night, May 22, blasted Joe Biden, Democrats and the “war on God” while vowing that his father will reclaim the White House in November.
Former president Donald Trump’s son asserted that his father won the 2016 and 2020 elections before saying: “And I promise you, we will win again.”
He ended his speech at a fundraiser for conservative school board candidates by saying: “I’m sorry you live in communism. But

OC man faces federal charges, is accused of obtaining fraudulent COVID-relief loans

An Orange County man who owned Riverside and Anaheim ambulatory transportation businesses has been indicted on wire fraud and money laundering charges alleging he obtained fraudulent COVID-19 disaster loans, federal authorities announced Wednesday.
According to court documents, from May 2020 to December 2021, Aliso Viejo resident Mehrdad “Mitch” Tabrizi submitted two fraudulent applications for Paycheck Protection Program loans — a federal program created to provide financial a

Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard earns 2nd-team All-NBA honor

Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard, whose season was cut short by a knee injury, was named to the 2023-24 All-NBA second team, the league announced on Wednesday. It is the sixth time in his 12-year career he has received an All-NBA distinction.
Leonard appeared in 68 games this season before sitting out the Clippers’ final eight regular-season games because of a swollen right knee. Although he played in two of the team’s six first-round playoff games against the Dallas Mavericks, Leonard

Lakers’ LeBron James, Anthony Davis receive All-NBA honors

LeBron James continues to raise the bar during the latter stages of his career while Anthony Davis has once again been formally recognized as one of the league’s best players for the first time in four years.
James and Davis received 2023-24 All-NBA honors on Wednesday, with Davis being named to the second team while James was named to the third team.
Davis’ All-NBA honor was his first since the 2019-20 season, when he made the first team.
For James, who was the youngest player to ma

Magnolia High Graduation 2024: Our best photos of the ceremony

A group of graduates celebrate at the Magnolia High School graduation ceremony in Anaheim on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)
Graduate Jordy Mujguia waves to the crowd at the Magnolia High School graduation ceremony in Anaheim on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)
A graduate exalts after the ceremonies at the Magnolia High School graduation ceremony in Anaheim on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. (Photo by Michael Kit

Kings sign Aatu Jämsen to a 2-year, entry-level deal

The Kings have signed winger Aatu Jämsen to a two-year, entry-level contract worth up to $852,500 per season, the team announced in a news release.
Jämsen was originally a seventh-round draft selection of the Kings (No. 190 overall) in 2020. He remained in his native Finland with the pro club Pelicans, for which he competed at various junior levels and at the senior level for the past three campaigns. Last season, he had 25 points in 36 games, including 14 goals against the country&rsq

LAX officials urge travelers to plan ahead for Memorial Day, summer trips

With record numbers of people expected to travel for Memorial Day weekend, Los Angeles International Airport officials urged people Wednesday to plan ahead and give themselves plenty of time to reach the airport and board their flights.
Memorial Day traditionally marks the beginning of the summer travel season, and airport officials reminded travelers that passenger numbers and vehicular traffic will be rising over the next few days and remain high for the next few months.
“With school bre

Cal State Fullerton continues Class of 2024 graduation celebrations

Laura Lopez, left, points to the crowd before shaking the hand of Dr. Sridhar Sundaram, right, Dean of the College of Business and Economics at Cal State Fullerton, during commencement at Titan Stadium on Wednesday morning, May 22, 2024, in Fullerton. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Family members hold a sign for a soon-to-be graduate of the College of Business and Economics at Cal State Fullerton during the commencement at Titan Stadium on Wednesday morning, May 22, 2024,

Santa Ana raises pride flag to support LGBTQ+ community

Santa Ana hoisted the pride flag Wednesday afternoon at City Hall, an effort to show visible support for the LGBTQ+ community.
The flag-raising coincided with Harvey Milk Day, celebrated on May 22 in recognition of the late human rights activist and one of the first openly gay elected officials as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
“The colorful rainbow flag sends a powerful message that our LGBTQ+ community members matter, they are supported and they belong in our beautif

Orange County volleyball all-star matches Thursday at Newport Harbor

The 47th annual Dave Mohs Memorial Orange County Volleyball All-Star Matches will be played Thursday at Newport Harbor High School.
The girls match is at 6 p.m. and bhe boys match at 7:30 p.m. Both matches encompass three sets.
Admission is $10. Payment can be made in cash or card.
The event is named for the late Dave Mohs, who was a volleyball coach for many years at Edison. A girls volleyball tournament in the fall is also named for Mohs.
The program, including rosters, for the event are at th

Haley announces she will vote for Donald Trump

By Meg Kinnard
Nikki Haley said Wednesday that she will be voting for Donald Trump in the general election, a notable show of support given their intense and often personal rivalry during the Republican primary calendar.
But Haley also made it clear that she feels Trump has work to do to win over voters who supported her during the course of the primary campaign and continue to cast votes for her in ongoing primary contests.
“I will be voting for Trump,” Haley, Trump’s former U

Sparks nearing sellout for Caitlin Clark’s 1st WNBA game in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES — Tickets are still available as the Sparks are looking forward to hosting their first home game Friday at Crypto.com Arena on Friday in a highly anticipated matchup against the Indiana Fever, which features phenom Caitlin Clark.
“Can’t wait to be in Crypto, should be a huge, huge crowd with Indiana coming,” Sparks coach Curt Miller said after his team’s 70-68 win against the Washington Mystics on Tuesday night at Cal State Long Beach.
Clark, the No. 1 d