Associate Justice, Court of Appeal, Second District, Division Six: Shall Associate Justice KENNETH R. YEGAN 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,
Kenneth R. Yegan
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Yegan is an associate justice in Division Six of California's Second District Court of Appeal. He previously served on Ventura County's municipal and superior courts and as a deputy public defender.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 4 records
Won unanimous Commission on Judicial Appointments confirmation and was sworn in as an associate justice.
December 27, 1990
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Governor George Deukmejian appointed him to the Second District Court of Appeal, Division Six.
December 27, 1990
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Governor George Deukmejian appointed him to the Ventura County Superior Court.
July 2, 1986
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Governor Jerry Brown appointed him to the Ventura Municipal Court.
January 2, 1983
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Track record — Impartiality
Impartiality · 1 favorable
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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Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 30 favorable
Authored People v. Lara, reversing juvenile resentencing after a parole hearing mooted the functional-life-without-parole theory.
October 22, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence
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Authored Egelston v. State Personnel Board, upholding a correctional officer's dismissal for assault, harassment, and dishonesty.
July 15, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence
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Joined People v. Sinay, upholding victim restitution ordered decades after the original criminal sentence.
June 17, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence
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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
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Concurred in Marriage of C.D. and G.D., concluding a noncustodial parent lacked standing to dictate schooling.
September 12, 2023Favorable on Legal Competence
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Authored People v. Hodges, dismissing a decades-late sentence challenge because the trial court lacked jurisdiction.
June 2, 2023Favorable on Legal Competence
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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
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Authored People v. Yanaga, requiring firearm-enhancement reconsideration that accounted for post-sentencing prison conduct.
December 14, 2020Favorable on Legal Competence
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Authored Hoffman v. Young, reviving negligence claims after broadening the express-invitation exception to recreational-use immunity.
October 30, 2020Favorable on Legal Competence
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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
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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, 2004Favorable on Legal Competence
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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, 2004Favorable on Legal Competence
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Joined Taylor v. Lockheed Martin, applying federal-enclave law to bar most state wrongful-termination claims.
February 23, 2000Favorable on Legal Competence
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Served as presiding special master in the judicial-discipline inquiry concerning Justice J. Anthony Kline.
December 1, 1998Favorable on Legal Competence
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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
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Won unanimous Commission on Judicial Appointments confirmation and was sworn in as an associate justice.
December 27, 1990Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: latimes.com
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
Served by assignment as a Second District Court of Appeal justice pro tempore.
January 1, 1986Favorable on Legal Competence
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Practiced law privately in Thousand Oaks from 1982 through 1983.
January 1, 1982Favorable on Legal Competence
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Worked as a judicial attorney for the Second District Court of Appeal from 1975 through 1982.
January 1, 1975Favorable on Legal Competence
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Served as a Ventura County deputy public defender from 1972 through 1975.
January 1, 1972Favorable on Legal Competence
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Track record — Candidate Ethics
Candidate Ethics · 6 records
Authored Egelston v. State Personnel Board, upholding a correctional officer's dismissal for assault, harassment, and dishonesty.
July 15, 2025
Source: law.justia.com
Authored Champlin/GEI Wind Holdings v. Avery, affirming judgment and imposing sanctions for a frivolous appeal.
June 2, 2023
Source: law.justia.com
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
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
Served as presiding special master in the judicial-discipline inquiry concerning Justice J. Anthony Kline.
December 1, 1998
Source: cjp.ca.gov
Joined Green v. GTE California, sustaining discovery sanctions arising from counsel's improper videotaping conduct.
October 18, 1994
Source: law.justia.com
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