Joseph Shemaria - Biography

Joseph Shemaria Position: Member. Born 1944; admitted to bar 1970, California; US District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western, and Central Districts of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Arizona (B.A., 1966); University of California at Los Angeles, School of Law (J.D., 1969). (Certified Specialist, Criminal Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization).

LANGUAGES: Spanish.

REPORTED CASES:

State Cases:

In re Jackson, 3 Cal.4th 578, 583-584 (1992); Crane v. State Bar, 30 Cal.3d 117, 119-120 (1981);
People v. Haskett, 30 Cal.3d 841, 847 (1982);
People v. Jackson, 28 Cal.3d 264, 281-282 (1980);
People v. Harris, 15 Cal.3d 384, 386 (1975);
People v. Humphries, 185 Cal.App.3d 1315, 1321 (1986); LAX v. Board of Medical Quality Assurance, 116 Cal.App.3d 669, 671-672 (1981);
People v. Haybron, 108 Cal.App.3d 31, 34 (1980); People v. Willis, 104 Cal.App.3d 433, 436 (1980);
People v. Hernandez, 96 Cal.App.3d 856, 858-859 (1979);
People v. Hall, 95 Cal.App.3d 299, 302 (1979); Community Release Bd. V. Superior Court, 91 Cal.App.3d 814, 815 (1979);
People v. Goodson, 80 Cal.App.3d 290, 291-292 (1978);
People v. Blair, 51 Cal.App.3d 480, 481-482 (1975);
People v. Lacey, 30 Cal.App.3d 170, 171-172 (1973);
People v. Rand, 23 Cal.App.3d 579, 581 (1972); (Arizona) State v. Sardo & Mandell, 112 Ariz. 509, 543 P.2d 1138 (1975).

Federal Cases:

USA v. Kapperman, 764 F.2d 786 (11th Cir., 1985); Maxwell v. Sumner, 673 F.2d 1031 (9th Cir., 1981);
USA v. Gonzalez, 617 F.2d 1358 (9th Cir., 1980);
USA v. Montellano, 633 F.2d 1313 (9th Cir., 1980);
USA v. Jacobson, 578 F.2d 863 (10th Cir., 1978);
USA v. Palmer, 575 F.2d 721 (9th Cir., 1978); USA v. Payseur, 501 F.2d 966 (9th Cir., 1974);
Tellez v. Chaffee, 467 F.2d 218 (9th Cir., 1972).

Order of the Coif. Senior Editor, University of California at Los Angeles Law Review, 1968-1969. Member, Federal Indigent Defense Panel, 1973-1979. Author: "Res Judicata in a Bifurcated Trial", 15 University of California at Los Angeles Law Review. Co-Author: "Harmless Error Review by the California Supreme Court in Capital Appeals 1990-1992", California Attorneys for Criminal Justice "Forum" Magazine, 1993. Member: State Bar of California.

PRACTICE AREAS: Criminal Defense, State and Federal, both Trial and Appellate.

MR. SHEMARIA WAS ADMITTED TO ALL STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS IN 1970. MEMBER: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS.

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Joseph Shemaria - Biography