Associate Justice, Court of Appeal, Sixth District: Shall Associate Justice CHARLES E. WILSON II be elected to the office for the term provided by law?
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What does this office do?
- Deciding what state laws and the state constitution mean
- Setting rulings that lower state courts must follow
- Deciding major criminal and civil cases
Affects: Public Safety and Crime Control, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Gun Control,
Charles E. Wilson II
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Wilson is an associate justice of California's Sixth District Court of Appeal. He previously served on the Santa Clara County Superior Court and worked as a civil litigator and deputy district attorney.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 10 records
Sat by assignment on the California Supreme Court in People v. Lopez and joined the unanimous judgment reversing the Court of Appeal.
April 30, 2026
Source: appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.gov
Authored Great Oaks Water Co. v. Santa Clara Valley Water District, upholding groundwater charges as regulatory fees rather than taxes and sustaining the district's cost allocation and agricultural discount.
March 28, 2025
Source: law.justia.com
Delivered the keynote at Santa Clara County Superior Court's Color of Justice program, urging students to recognize their potential place in the legal profession and stressing representation and inclusion.
February 27, 2025
Source: santaclara.courts.ca.gov
Authored Mountain View Police Department v. Krepchin, affirming a three-year gun-violence restraining order and rejecting Second Amendment and procedural challenges.
November 4, 2024
Source: law.justia.com
Authored County of Santa Clara v. Superior Court, holding that California's Constitution did not require utility property to be taxed at the same rate as other property and directing dismissal of the utilities' refund claims.
January 9, 2023
Source: law.justia.com
Authored DeNike v. Mathew Enterprise, preserving misrepresentation and warranty verdicts and an injunction while reversing restitution under the Consumers Legal Remedies Act because the seller made a reasonable correction offer.
March 16, 2022
Source: law.justia.com
Joined the Sixth District Court of Appeal as an associate justice after confirmation.
August 1, 2021
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Governor Gavin Newsom nominated him to the Sixth District Court of Appeal.
July 9, 2021
Source: gov.ca.gov
Served as supervising judge of the Santa Clara County Superior Court's Family Violence Division.
January 1, 2018
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Governor Jerry Brown appointed him to the Santa Clara County Superior Court.
July 16, 2014
Source: archive.gov.ca.gov
Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 13 favorable
Authored People v. Mirabal, holding battery is a lesser included offense of rape of an intoxicated person and reversing because the jury was not instructed on that supported lesser offense.
October 28, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Authored Wozniak v. YouTube, holding most cryptocurrency-scam claims barred by federal platform immunity but allowing amendment of claims based on YouTube's own verification badges.
March 15, 2024Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Authored Barron v. Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, reversing dismissal because California's pandemic emergency rule extended the five-year trial deadline by six months.
December 15, 2023Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Authored County of Santa Clara v. Superior Court, holding that California's Constitution did not require utility property to be taxed at the same rate as other property and directing dismissal of the utilities' refund claims.
January 9, 2023Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
In a separate concurrence in People v. Ramirez, concluded that a new gang-enhancement bifurcation rule was ameliorative and retroactive but that the failure to bifurcate was harmless in that case.
May 26, 2022Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Authored DeNike v. Mathew Enterprise, preserving misrepresentation and warranty verdicts and an injunction while reversing restitution under the Consumers Legal Remedies Act because the seller made a reasonable correction offer.
March 16, 2022Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Contributed to the California Judges Benchbook on domestic-violence cases.
January 1, 2020Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Taught judges through the Witkin Judicial College, Domestic Violence Institute, and Assigned Judges Conference.
January 1, 2020Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Served as supervising judge of the Palo Alto Courthouse.
January 1, 2019Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Served seven years as a Santa Clara County Superior Court judge before joining the Court of Appeal.
July 16, 2014Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Served as an Alameda County deputy district attorney from 2007 through 2014, trying matters ranging from murder to property crimes.
January 1, 2007Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Worked as a civil-litigation associate at Phillips Spallas & Angstadt.
January 1, 2003Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Practiced civil litigation at Gordon & Rees from 2003 through 2007.
January 1, 2003Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
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