Rendon analysis leads to amazing conclusion.
Wednesday, August 19th, 2015In my last post, I discussed puzzlement that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals did not make a Rendon analysis in its decision to remand Madrigal-Barcenas v. Lynch. Just a week later, two days ago, the Court issued a decision in Lopez-Valencia v. Lynch, a case involving theft, Cal. Penal Code § 484. Using a Rendon analysis, the Court concluded that the California theft statute cannot be considered a theft offense as it is overbroad and indivisible. This is the…