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# Legal Roundup: 'Snake Burglar' Admits to 54 Counts; Riverside's Evidence Practices Questioned
- URL: https://www.raincrossgazette.com/legal-roundup-snake-burglar-admits-to-54-counts-riversides-evidence-practices-questioned/
- Published: 2023-08-22T12:00:58.000Z
- Updated: 2023-08-22T12:00:59.000Z
- Description: Judicial Council discusses court vacancies & funding, CA Supreme Court redefines "presence" in emotional distress cases, 'Snake Burglar' pleads guilty, and Riverside's evidence-sharing under scrutiny.
- Author: Gazette Staff
- Tags: Public Safety, Courts, Column, legal

Here’s a round-up of recent legal stories affecting Riversiders from our friends at [Follow Our Courts](https://followourcourts.com/?ref=raincrossgazette.com), who cover legal news in the Inland Empire:

- At the Judicial Council’s July 21 meeting, discussions centered on court vacancies, funding allocations for San Bernardino and Riverside, the need for new courthouses, and the results of a statewide pretrial diversion program that showed decreased recidivism rates, concluding with accolades for the retiring Justice Marsha Slough ([link](https://followourcourts.com/2023/07/court-vacancies-funding-pretrial-diversion-outlined-in-judicial-council-meeting/?ref=raincrossgazette.com)).
- The California Supreme Court has taken up a Riverside damages case that challenges the appellate ruling that a person doesn't need to be physically present at an accident scene to claim negligent infliction of emotional distress, suggesting that remote technology like phone calls can provide sufficient presence for a lawsuit ([link](https://followourcourts.com/2023/07/update-ca-supreme-court-picks-up-riverside-crash-case/?ref=raincrossgazette.com)).
- Christopher Michael Paul Jackson, known as the "Snake Burglar," pleaded guilty to 54 burglary counts and was released with 12 years of GPS monitoring, a treatment program, and an obligation to pay $158,000 in restitution ([link](https://followourcourts.com/2023/08/repeat-snake-burglar-released-with-monitor/?ref=raincrossgazette.com)).
- The Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeal determined that Riverside resident Roger Parker, who was jailed for four years on murder charges, doesn't have a civil rights claim under the Brady rule but might have grounds under more recent case law, highlighting the implications of evidence-sharing practices in Riverside's legal system ([link](https://followourcourts.com/2023/08/civil-rights-case-against-riverside-das-office-sets-precedent/?ref=raincrossgazette.com)).
- Starting August 1, California lawyers must report other attorneys’ misconduct ([link](https://followourcourts.com/2023/06/ca-attorneys-to-be-required-to-report-misconduct/?ref=raincrossgazette.com)).

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