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Admissibility Of Hearsay Evidence Under The Excited Utterance Exception In Abuse Prosecutions, Nancy Lemon, Anne Perry Dec 2008

Admissibility Of Hearsay Evidence Under The Excited Utterance Exception In Abuse Prosecutions, Nancy Lemon, Anne Perry

Nancy K.D. Lemon

No abstract provided.


Teacher’S Manual For Domestic Violence Law, Nancy Lemon Dec 2008

Teacher’S Manual For Domestic Violence Law, Nancy Lemon

Nancy K.D. Lemon

Teacher's manual also issued for West's 2001 and 2005 editions of Domestic Violence Law.


Amicus Curiae Brief To California Victim Compensation And Government Claims Board In Claim Of Cheryl Jones, On Behalf Of California Partnership To End Domestic Violence, For Over Twenty Years Of Wrongful Incarceration., Nancy Lemon Dec 2008

Amicus Curiae Brief To California Victim Compensation And Government Claims Board In Claim Of Cheryl Jones, On Behalf Of California Partnership To End Domestic Violence, For Over Twenty Years Of Wrongful Incarceration., Nancy Lemon

Nancy K.D. Lemon

Co-author

Result: Cheryl Jones pled guilty to killing husband, released on habeas corpus, retried and acquitted.


Amicu S Curiae Brief To Us Supreme Court In People V. Dwayne Giles , Along With Dv Leap,Legal Momentum, And Bingham Mccutchen, Nancy Lemon Dec 2007

Amicu S Curiae Brief To Us Supreme Court In People V. Dwayne Giles , Along With Dv Leap,Legal Momentum, And Bingham Mccutchen, Nancy Lemon

Nancy K.D. Lemon

Co-author

Issue is whether forfeiture rule requires showing of intent to silence homicide victim. (see below re California Supreme Court brief in same case). Court reversed conviction, but stated that domestic violence history very relevant to defendant’s intent. 128 S.Ct. 2678 (2008)


Amicus Curiae Brief To California Appellate Court In In Re Deborah Peagler On Habeas Corpus, Nancy Lemon Dec 2006

Amicus Curiae Brief To California Appellate Court In In Re Deborah Peagler On Habeas Corpus, Nancy Lemon

Nancy K.D. Lemon

Co-Author

Appellate court issued Order to Show Cause 11/2/07, mentioning amicus brief, ordering secretary of Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation to show cause in evidentiary hearing why habeas relief should not be granted.


Amicus Curiae Brief To California Appellate Court In Maria Guijosa V. Rogelio Dominguez - Garcia, Nancy Lemon Dec 2006

Amicus Curiae Brief To California Appellate Court In Maria Guijosa V. Rogelio Dominguez - Garcia, Nancy Lemon

Nancy K.D. Lemon

Co-author

Arguing that trial court should not have summarily denied appellant’s request for a temporary restraining order, and should at least have granted a hearing. Appellate court reversed, unpublished. (2007)


Amicus Curiae Brief To California Appellate Court In Yuka Nakamura V. John Marshall Parker, Nancy Lemon Dec 2006

Amicus Curiae Brief To California Appellate Court In Yuka Nakamura V. John Marshall Parker, Nancy Lemon

Nancy K.D. Lemon

Co-author

Arguing that trial court should not have summarily denied appellant’s request for a temporary restraining order, and should at least have granted a hearing. Participated in oral argument. In published decision mentioning amicus brief, court of appeal reversed. 156 Cal.App. 4th 327 (2007). Legislature enacted new Family Code section 6320.5, which requires stated reasons for denial of TRO’s and the right to a hearing, effective 1/09


Violence Against Women, Nancy Lemon Dec 2005

Violence Against Women, Nancy Lemon

Nancy K.D. Lemon

Contributing editor

Reprints of articles in Domestic Violence Report and Sexual Assault Report.


Amicus Curiae Brief To California Supreme Court In People V. Giles , Ar, Nancy Lemon Dec 2004

Amicus Curiae Brief To California Supreme Court In People V. Giles , Ar, Nancy Lemon

Nancy K.D. Lemon

Co-author

Arguing that the rule of forfeiture should be interpreted to allow prior statements by an unavailable domestic violence victim to be admitted in the prosecution of the alleged murderer of that victim, if it appears to the court that the victim’s unavailability is due to the abuser’s actions (2005). Decision, 40 Cal. 4th 833 (2007), held for this approach.


Amicus Curiae Brief To California Appellate Court In Eldon Blumhorst V . Haven Hills, Inc . Et Al, Nancy Lemon Dec 2004

Amicus Curiae Brief To California Appellate Court In Eldon Blumhorst V . Haven Hills, Inc . Et Al, Nancy Lemon

Nancy K.D. Lemon

Co-author

Arguing that it is not a denial of equal protection to exclude male victims of domestic violence from women - only shelters. Appellate Court affirmed due to lack of standing. 126 Cal. App. 4th 993 (2005).


Domestic Violence Law, Nancy Lemon Dec 2004

Domestic Violence Law, Nancy Lemon

Nancy K.D. Lemon

Textbook, with supplement issued in 2008


Amicus Curiae Brief To California Appellate Court In In Re Rosemary Dyer, Nancy Lemon Dec 2003

Amicus Curiae Brief To California Appellate Court In In Re Rosemary Dyer, Nancy Lemon

Nancy K.D. Lemon

Co-author

A habeas corpus petition under California Penal Code §1473.5, arguing that evidence of special circumstances did not preclude a history of battering by the decedent; thus homicide should have resulted in at most a manslaughter conviction. (2004) Appellate court remanded case to trial court for evidentiary hearing.


Amicus Curiae Brief To California Supreme Court In People V. Cornell Brown, Nancy Lemon Dec 2003

Amicus Curiae Brief To California Supreme Court In People V. Cornell Brown, Nancy Lemon

Nancy K.D. Lemon

Co-author

Regarding admissibility of domestic violence expert testimony in the prosecution of a batterer; published decision referred favorably to the brief and upheld the use of such testimony, 33 Cal. 4th 892 (2004).


Violence Against Women (Part 2), Nancy Lemon Dec 2003

Violence Against Women (Part 2), Nancy Lemon

Nancy K.D. Lemon

Contributing editor

Reprints of articles in Domestic Violence Report and Sexual Assault Report.


Child Custody And Domestic Violence: A Call For Safety And Accountability, Nancy Lemon, Peter Jaffe, Samantha Poisson Dec 2002

Child Custody And Domestic Violence: A Call For Safety And Accountability, Nancy Lemon, Peter Jaffe, Samantha Poisson

Nancy K.D. Lemon

No abstract provided.


Violence Against Women (Part 1), Nancy Lemon Dec 2001

Violence Against Women (Part 1), Nancy Lemon

Nancy K.D. Lemon

Contributing editor

Reprints of articles in Domestic Violence Report and Sexual Assault Report.


Foreword, Nancy Lemon, Elizabeth Leonard Dec 2001

Foreword, Nancy Lemon, Elizabeth Leonard

Nancy K.D. Lemon

No abstract provided.


Domestic Violence Is A Public Health Issue, Nancy Lemon Feb 2001

Domestic Violence Is A Public Health Issue, Nancy Lemon

Nancy K.D. Lemon

No abstract provided.


Domestic Violence Law, Nancy Lemon Dec 2000

Domestic Violence Law, Nancy Lemon

Nancy K.D. Lemon

Textbook


Domestic Violence Is A Medical Issue, Nancy Lemon Jun 2000

Domestic Violence Is A Medical Issue, Nancy Lemon

Nancy K.D. Lemon

No abstract provided.


Serving The Pu Blic: Domestic Violence Curriculum For Court Employees, Nancy Lemon Dec 1999

Serving The Pu Blic: Domestic Violence Curriculum For Court Employees, Nancy Lemon

Nancy K.D. Lemon

California Center for Judicial Education and Research


Custody And Visitation Trends In The Us In Domestic Violence Cases, Nancy Lemon Dec 1999

Custody And Visitation Trends In The Us In Domestic Violence Cases, Nancy Lemon

Nancy K.D. Lemon

No abstract provided.


Domestic Violence: Benchbook F Or Criminal Courts, Nancy Lemon Dec 1999

Domestic Violence: Benchbook F Or Criminal Courts, Nancy Lemon

Nancy K.D. Lemon

Curriculum for several statewide trainings. Consulted on 2003 and 2007 editions.


What Every Family Law Attorney Should Know About Domestic Violence, Nancy Lemon, Garrett Dailey Nov 1999

What Every Family Law Attorney Should Know About Domestic Violence, Nancy Lemon, Garrett Dailey

Nancy K.D. Lemon

MCLE column in California Lawyer magazine


The Legal System’S Response To Children Exposed To Domestic Violence, Nancy Lemon Dec 1998

The Legal System’S Response To Children Exposed To Domestic Violence, Nancy Lemon

Nancy K.D. Lemon

No abstract provided.


Expert Witnesses In Domestic Violence Trials: Policy Pros And Cons For Prosecutors, Nancy Lemon, Rhonda Martinson, Carlos Monagas Dec 1998

Expert Witnesses In Domestic Violence Trials: Policy Pros And Cons For Prosecutors, Nancy Lemon, Rhonda Martinson, Carlos Monagas

Nancy K.D. Lemon

for Battered Women’s Justice Project


Domestic Violence Primer, Nancy Lemon Dec 1997

Domestic Violence Primer, Nancy Lemon

Nancy K.D. Lemon

MCLE column in California Lawyer magazine


Domestic Violence: What Every Judge Should Know, A Judicial Education Curriculum, Nancy Lemon Dec 1997

Domestic Violence: What Every Judge Should Know, A Judicial Education Curriculum, Nancy Lemon

Nancy K.D. Lemon

California Center for Judicial Education and Research


Child Custody And Full Faith And Credit, Nancy Lemon Dec 1996

Child Custody And Full Faith And Credit, Nancy Lemon

Nancy K.D. Lemon

With Deborah Goelman, Billie Lee Dunford-Jackson, and Roberta Valente


Manual On Domestic Violence, Nancy Lemon Dec 1996

Manual On Domestic Violence, Nancy Lemon

Nancy K.D. Lemon

1997, 2001, and 2008 updates (original edition with Susana Martinez) (2008 edition published by California Partnership to End Domestic Violence)