Cases

* Pursuant to California Rules of Court, rules 976(b) and 976.1, this opinion is certified for partial publication. The portion of the opinion to be deleted is section "C" of the Discussion entitled "Substantial Evidence Supports Defendant Avanessian's Convictions on a Theory of Aiding and Abetting." [EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE

MEMORANDUM *** The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying Ezeckiel Zilka’s motion to vacate the order of civil contempt against him. The district court’s modified contempt order of January 2002 clearly conditions his release from contempt upon production of assorted financial information and upon payment of the $26,000 sanction the court had previously imposed. Although the parties

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 895 Appellant Daniel Thomas Schaefer is appealing his conviction for second degree murder and the manufacture of methamphetamine. He contends that (1) the determination of whether manufacturing methamphetamine was a seriously dangerous felony should have been made by the jury, not the trial court; (2) the jury s

* Pursuant to California Rules of Court, rules 8.1105(b) and 8.1110, this opinion is certified for publication with the exception of part III. [EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 305 [EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF

* Parts I and IV are not ordered for publication. (See Cal. Rules of Court, rules 976(b) and 976.1.) [EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 1551 [EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAY