Tellez v. Superior Court

Docket NumberE074244
Decision Date23 October 2020
Jeremy Tellez was charged with DUI offenses and sought pretrial mental health diversion. The issue presented for the Court of Appeal's review was which of the two statutes prevailed: Vehicle Code section 23640 or Penal Code section 1001.36. Like the trial court, the Court concluded that Vehicle Code section 23640 prevailed and barred pretrial mental health diversion for defendants charged with DUI offenses. the Court therefore denied Tellez’s petition for a writ of...

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  • Tan v. Superior Court of San Mateo Cnty.
    • United States
    • California Court of Appeals
    • March 10, 2022
    ...unavailable to DUI defendants. ( Grassi , supra , 73 Cal.App.5th at p. 291, 288 Cal.Rptr.3d 385 ; Tellez v. Superior Court (2020) 56 Cal.App.5th 439, 443, 270 Cal.Rptr.3d 418 ( Tellez ).)Read separately, the statutes appear to conflict. On the one hand, defendants like Tan who have been cha......
  • People v. Superior Court of Riverside Cnty.
    • United States
    • California Court of Appeals
    • July 28, 2022
    ...in Diaz-Armstrong followed the correct analysis and analytical framework set forth in Tellez v. Superior Court (2020) 56 Cal.App.5th 439 at pages 444-448, 270 Cal.Rptr.3d 418 ( Tellez ) and other cases ( State Dept. of Public Health v. Superior Court (2015) 60 Cal.4th 940, 956-960, 184 C......
  • Ferra v. Loews Hollywood Hotel, LLC
    • United States
    • California Supreme Court
    • July 15, 2021
    ...of statutory construction is an infallible guide to correct interpretation in all circumstances" ’ " ( Tellez v. Superior Court (2020) 56 Cal.App.5th 439, 448, 270 Cal.Rptr.3d 418 ), and "canons of construction ... will not be applied so as to defeat the underlying legislative intent otherw......
  • Persiani v. Super. Ct. of Orange Cty.
    • United States
    • California Court of Appeals
    • February 28, 2024
    ...ineligible for pre-trial mental health diversion under Pen. Code, § 1001.36 because of Veh. Code, § 23640]; Tellez v. Superior Court (2020) 56 Cal.App.5th 439, 270 Cal.Rptr.3d 418 [same].) These cases, however, addressed the availability of pretrial diversion to competent defendants charged......
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2 books & journal articles
  • Table of cases
    • United States
    • James Publishing Practical Law Books California Drunk Driving Law - Volume 1-2 Appendices
    • March 30, 2022
    ...Illinois (1988) 484 U.S. 400, §§5:42, 5:63.4 Teal v. Superior Court (2004) 117 Cal.App.4th 488, §5:83 Tellez v. Superior Court (2020) 56 Cal.App.5th 439, §8:20 Tenderloin Housing Clinic, Inc. v. Sparks (1992) 8 Cal.App.4th 299, §11:61 Terry v. Ohio (1968) 392 U.S. 1, 9, §§7:11.1, 7:20.1.2, ......
  • Diversion and the suspension of proceedings
    • United States
    • James Publishing Practical Law Books California Drunk Driving Law - Volume 1-2 Volume 1
    • March 30, 2022
    ...of the Fourth District Court of Appeal hold DUI offenses are ineligible for mental health diversion. Tellez v. Superior Court (2020) 56 Cal.App.5th 439 and Moore v. Superior Court (2020) 58 Cal.App.5th 561. Two of the same justices sat on both cases, and although both involve felony DUI cha......