At its conference this Wednesday, the Supreme Court didn’t add any cases to its docket. No straight grants — i.e., granting review with the expectation of issuing an opinion after briefing on the merits and oral argument. Not even any grant-and-holds. There were grant-and-transfer orders in five criminal cases, but those make work just for the tranferee Court of Appeal; until, of course, the Supreme Court is asked to review the Court of Appeal’s action on remand. Conference actions of note include: Four of the five transfer cases direct reconsideration in light of legislation enacted last year that gives superior courts discretion they didn’t have to strike certain firearms sentence enhancements. The court modified one of its opinions. (See here.) The court ordered the State Bar to reopen and reconsider a complaint against an attorney. The court dismissed review in a grant-and-hold case, and Justice Goodwin Liu filed a separate…
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