Kenneth R. Yegan

Authored People v. Lara, reversing juvenile resentencing after a parole hearing mooted the functional-life-without-parole theory.

October 22, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Authored Egelston v. State Personnel Board, upholding a correctional officer's dismissal for assault, harassment, and dishonesty.

July 15, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026

Joined People v. Sinay, upholding victim restitution ordered decades after the original criminal sentence.

June 17, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026

Authored People v. Villagrana, affirming denial of murder resentencing based on the plea and firearm admissions.

January 21, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Dissented in In re A.M. against retroactive relief from a juvenile murder conviction and gang special circumstance.

May 31, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Authored People v. Hodges, dismissing a decades-late sentence challenge because the trial court lacked jurisdiction.

June 2, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Authored People v. Superior Court (Ramos), permitting indicated sentences in statutory career-criminal cases.

November 5, 1991Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Authored People v. Yanaga, requiring firearm-enhancement reconsideration that accounted for post-sentencing prison conduct.

December 14, 2020Supports Gun Control

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Authored People v. Duran, rejecting felony prosecution under a general attempt statute where a specific firearm-application law governed.

December 1, 2004Supports Gun Control

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Authored People v. Lara, reversing juvenile resentencing after a parole hearing mooted the functional-life-without-parole theory.

October 22, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

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Joined People v. Sinay, upholding victim restitution ordered decades after the original criminal sentence.

June 17, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

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Dissented in In re A.M. against retroactive relief from a juvenile murder conviction and gang special circumstance.

May 31, 2024Opposes Civil Rights

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Joined Balderas v. Fresh Start Harvesting, restoring an employee's representative PAGA labor claims.

April 18, 2024Supports Civil Rights

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Concurred in Marriage of C.D. and G.D., concluding a noncustodial parent lacked standing to dictate schooling.

September 12, 2023Supports Civil Rights

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Concurred in People v. Arreguin under controlling precedent while criticizing the absence of harmless-error review.

March 9, 2023Opposes Civil Rights

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Authored People v. Yanaga, requiring firearm-enhancement reconsideration that accounted for post-sentencing prison conduct.

December 14, 2020Supports Civil Rights

Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026

Authored Hoffman v. Young, reviving negligence claims after broadening the express-invitation exception to recreational-use immunity.

October 30, 2020Supports Civil Rights

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Authored David v. Hernandez, ordering a new negligence trial after the court relied on an incorrect legal assumption.

May 22, 2014Supports Civil Rights

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Authored In re Kinnamon, ordering appointment of counsel to investigate possible postconviction DNA testing.

October 11, 2005Supports Civil Rights

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Dissented in Marriage of Brown and Yana, favoring deference to the trial court's denial of a noncustodial parent's hearing request.

December 20, 2004Opposes Civil Rights

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Authored People v. Duran, rejecting felony prosecution under a general attempt statute where a specific firearm-application law governed.

December 1, 2004Supports Civil Rights

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Joined Taylor v. Lockheed Martin, applying federal-enclave law to bar most state wrongful-termination claims.

February 23, 2000Opposes Civil Rights

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Served as a Ventura County deputy public defender from 1972 through 1975.

January 1, 1972Supports Civil Rights

Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Won unanimous Commission on Judicial Appointments confirmation and was sworn in as an associate justice.

December 27, 1990

Source: latimes.com · researched September 13, 2026

Governor George Deukmejian appointed him to the Second District Court of Appeal, Division Six.

December 27, 1990

Source: ventura.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Governor George Deukmejian appointed him to the Ventura County Superior Court.

July 2, 1986

Source: ventura.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Governor Jerry Brown appointed him to the Ventura Municipal Court.

January 2, 1983

Source: ventura.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Concurred in People v. SanMiguel but challenged the constitutionality of automatic reversal under the jury-selection statute.

October 8, 2024Favorable on Impartiality

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Authored People v. Lara, reversing juvenile resentencing after a parole hearing mooted the functional-life-without-parole theory.

October 22, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026

Authored Egelston v. State Personnel Board, upholding a correctional officer's dismissal for assault, harassment, and dishonesty.

July 15, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026

Joined People v. Sinay, upholding victim restitution ordered decades after the original criminal sentence.

June 17, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026

Authored People v. Villagrana, affirming denial of murder resentencing based on the plea and firearm admissions.

January 21, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence

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Concurred in People v. SanMiguel but challenged the constitutionality of automatic reversal under the jury-selection statute.

October 8, 2024Favorable on Legal Competence

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Dissented in In re A.M. against retroactive relief from a juvenile murder conviction and gang special circumstance.

May 31, 2024Favorable on Legal Competence

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Joined Balderas v. Fresh Start Harvesting, restoring an employee's representative PAGA labor claims.

April 18, 2024Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026

Concurred in Marriage of C.D. and G.D., concluding a noncustodial parent lacked standing to dictate schooling.

September 12, 2023Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026

Authored People v. Hodges, dismissing a decades-late sentence challenge because the trial court lacked jurisdiction.

June 2, 2023Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026

Authored Champlin/GEI Wind Holdings v. Avery, affirming judgment and imposing sanctions for a frivolous appeal.

June 2, 2023Favorable on Legal Competence

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Concurred in People v. Arreguin under controlling precedent while criticizing the absence of harmless-error review.

March 9, 2023Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026

Authored People v. Yanaga, requiring firearm-enhancement reconsideration that accounted for post-sentencing prison conduct.

December 14, 2020Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026

Authored Hoffman v. Young, reviving negligence claims after broadening the express-invitation exception to recreational-use immunity.

October 30, 2020Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026

Authored Levine v. Berschneider, affirming sanctions and a State Bar referral for an attorney's lack of candor.

October 29, 2020Favorable on Legal Competence

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Authored David v. Hernandez, ordering a new negligence trial after the court relied on an incorrect legal assumption.

May 22, 2014Favorable on Legal Competence

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Authored County of Kern v. Jadwin, upholding fees after a county maintained a frivolous retaliation-driven False Claims Act case.

July 5, 2011Favorable on Legal Competence

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Authored Cano v. Glover, requiring dismissal with prejudice and allowing fees after repeated failed pleadings.

September 25, 2006Favorable on Legal Competence

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Authored In re Kinnamon, ordering appointment of counsel to investigate possible postconviction DNA testing.

October 11, 2005Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026

Dissented in Marriage of Brown and Yana, favoring deference to the trial court's denial of a noncustodial parent's hearing request.

December 20, 2004Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026

Authored People v. Duran, rejecting felony prosecution under a general attempt statute where a specific firearm-application law governed.

December 1, 2004Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026

Joined Taylor v. Lockheed Martin, applying federal-enclave law to bar most state wrongful-termination claims.

February 23, 2000Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026

Served as presiding special master in the judicial-discipline inquiry concerning Justice J. Anthony Kline.

December 1, 1998Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: cjp.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Joined Green v. GTE California, sustaining discovery sanctions arising from counsel's improper videotaping conduct.

October 18, 1994Favorable on Legal Competence

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Authored People v. Superior Court (Ramos), permitting indicated sentences in statutory career-criminal cases.

November 5, 1991Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026

Won unanimous Commission on Judicial Appointments confirmation and was sworn in as an associate justice.

December 27, 1990Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: latimes.com · researched September 13, 2026

Presided over criminal, civil, and family-law cases as a Ventura County trial judge.

July 2, 1986Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: ventura.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Served by assignment as a Second District Court of Appeal justice pro tempore.

January 1, 1986Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Practiced law privately in Thousand Oaks from 1982 through 1983.

January 1, 1982Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Worked as a judicial attorney for the Second District Court of Appeal from 1975 through 1982.

January 1, 1975Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Served as a Ventura County deputy public defender from 1972 through 1975.

January 1, 1972Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Authored Egelston v. State Personnel Board, upholding a correctional officer's dismissal for assault, harassment, and dishonesty.

July 15, 2025

Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026

Authored Champlin/GEI Wind Holdings v. Avery, affirming judgment and imposing sanctions for a frivolous appeal.

June 2, 2023

Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026

Authored Levine v. Berschneider, affirming sanctions and a State Bar referral for an attorney's lack of candor.

October 29, 2020

Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026

Authored County of Kern v. Jadwin, upholding fees after a county maintained a frivolous retaliation-driven False Claims Act case.

July 5, 2011

Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026

Served as presiding special master in the judicial-discipline inquiry concerning Justice J. Anthony Kline.

December 1, 1998

Source: cjp.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Joined Green v. GTE California, sustaining discovery sanctions arising from counsel's improper videotaping conduct.

October 18, 1994

Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026