<![CDATA[bank - Law Offices of William W. Bruzzo]]> https://www.bruzzolaw.com/blog/tags/bank/ Tue, 15 Oct 2024 00:45:39 GMT en-us <![CDATA[Proposition 8 May Be Dead Since Supporters Lack Standing to Sue]]> https://www.bruzzolaw.com/blog/proposition-8-may-be-dead-since-supporters-lack-standing-to-sue/ https://www.bruzzolaw.com/blog/proposition-8-may-be-dead-since-supporters-lack-standing-to-sue/ Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:38:00 GMT A federal judge in San Francisco recently found that the ban on gay marriage was unconstitutional because it denied homosexuals equal treatment under the law and served no legitimate government purpose. A majority of Californians voted in favor of the ban so naturally many people were upset about the court’s decision. Supporters of the ban…

]]> A federal judge in San Francisco recently found that the ban on gay marriage was unconstitutional because it denied homosexuals equal treatment under the law and served no legitimate government purpose. A majority of Californians voted in favor of the ban so naturally many people were upset about the court’s decision. Supporters of the ban vowed to appeal the decision and court watchers predicted the United States Supreme Court would make the final decision.

However, now it appears there may be no one qualified to file an appeal since whoever does so must demonstrate they will experience some loss from the lower court decision. Normally, the Office of the California State Attorney General will bring the appeal on behalf of the voters but in this case both Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown believe the federal court decision finding the ban unconstitutional is valid and will not appeal. Meanwhile supporters of the ban may be unable to demonstrate that they have suffered any loss except in a very general sense which will probably not be enough. So, while Proposition 8 supporters were hoping for a show down in the U.S. Supreme court and confident of an outcome favorable to them given the conservative bent of that court, it appears now they may never get the chance.

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]]> <![CDATA[Orange County Man Wearing a Bike Helmet Robs Bank]]> https://www.bruzzolaw.com/blog/orange-county-man-wearing-a-bike-helmet-robs-bank/ https://www.bruzzolaw.com/blog/orange-county-man-wearing-a-bike-helmet-robs-bank/ Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:20:00 GMT Investigators at the Orange County Sheriff’s Department as well as the FBI are investigating a strange robbery that occurred at a U.S. Bank in Lake Forest, Orange County on January 11th. A man wearing a bicycle helmet went inside the bank and held a teller at gunpoint while demanding cash. He handed the teller a…

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Bike Helmet

Investigators at the Orange County Sheriff’s Department as well as the FBI are investigating a strange robbery that occurred at a U.S. Bank in Lake Forest, Orange County on January 11th. A man wearing a bicycle helmet went inside the bank and held a teller at gunpoint while demanding cash. He handed the teller a note and then took the note back and left the bank. He was not seen getting into a vehicle or, more importantly, on any bicycle.

California Penal Code Section 211 defines robbery as “the felonious taking of personal property in the possession of another, from his person or immediate presence, and against his will, accomplished by means of force or fear.” The fear may be either that of an unlawful injury to the person or property of the person robbed or of any relative of his or member of his family; OR the fear of an immediate and unlawful injury to the person or property of anyone in the company of the person robbed at the time of the robbery.

Because the U.S. Bank teller was held at gunpoint, he/she was most likely placed in fear of his/her life, thereby constituting a robbery. When no force or fear is involved in the taking of personal property, it is simply a theft, carrying a less serious punishment.

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