John R. Mayne @Mayne4J

Personal account. In the daytime, I'm a Superior Court Judge in Stanislaus County, California. Modesto, California Joined November 2019

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John R. Mayne @Mayne4J

4 weeks ago

@alittleleader California CALCRIM 3450 explains what happens. People v. Moore (1985) 166 CalApp 3d 540 says instruction on effect of finding must be given upon request.

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John R. Mayne @Mayne4J

a month ago

@PleaseImpressMe And it postpones the rest of your life! I feel terrible for the WA attempted test-takers; this is deeply unfair to you. This should never, ever happen.

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John R. Mayne @Mayne4J

2 months ago

@minilek @AnthropicAI I hope you continue to be a voice for sound math curriculum. I have long admired your efforts and wish you the best.

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@ASFleischman I think it's important to note the differences in FMR between jurisdictions. California's old felony murder rule wouldn't cover this and the new one is more restrictive. Technical details of rule enforcement matter a lot. (Merger rule is a big deal.)

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John R. Mayne @Mayne4J

3 months ago

@MerriamWebster Almost three decades ago at my client's deposition, she used the unfamiliar word (pronouncing it "CHAHTCHkee"). The court reporter asked how to spell it and none of us knew or could figure it out. Years later, I saw the word somewhere and can now spell it.

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John R. Mayne @Mayne4J

6 months ago

@JASchmidt_MPD @AdamPlantinga Each county in CA is its own thing. My county, which includes Modesto, has an electronic warrant system.

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John R. Mayne @Mayne4J

9 months ago

@MerriamWebster @gl_morticia I was unconvinced because I felt I've heard "an" more in the last 20 years than the first 40 or so of my life, but the dictionary is right: ngrams shows 100-1 for "an" in 1800, and about 5-1 for "a" now. Now I can't get in an online argument with a dictionary. Life goal missed.

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John R. Mayne @Mayne4J

11 months ago

@TalkinBaseball_ Thanks man, you gave us some fun.

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John R. Mayne @Mayne4J

12 months ago

@littmath Event test FTW. (The field is correct.)

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John R. Mayne @Mayne4J

a year ago

@DSzymborski Dan. Dan. That's what 10% means - not going to happen. 90% means is going to happen. (100% guaranteed means 50% to happen in practice.) I didn't invent Twitter probability, I just understand it.

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John R. Mayne @Mayne4J

a year ago

@ASFleischman California's Judicial Council has an Appellate Advisory Committee which, if I understand correctly, occasionally does things like this. The easier way, I think, is just to have someone (legislative analyst or similar) responsible for shipping judicial comment to the leg. branch

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John R. Mayne @Mayne4J

a year ago

@nealagarwal The radio change was good, though.

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John R. Mayne @Mayne4J

a year ago

@whitesox The good: Meidroth looks legit. The bad: This may lead to the White Sox social media folks' retaining shreds of their sanity. (I enjoy the descent into madness.)

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John R. Mayne @Mayne4J

a year ago

@kareem_carr Fun fact: Bridge (cards) writer Phil Martin wrote about this a year before MVS published: sites.google.com/site/psmartins… He said, "the trap is easy to spot." I once convinced a non-believer by event-testing - he did 50 prize doors, and I said, "I guess 1 + switch on all." Him: OHHH!

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John R. Mayne @Mayne4J

2 years ago

@CBSScottWhite Zebby.

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John R. Mayne @Mayne4J

2 years ago

@OrinKerr @JosephPatrice at Above the Law called it before it happened: abovethelaw.com/2025/01/the-ca…

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John R. Mayne @Mayne4J

2 years ago

@drewlgoins Drew was awesome. But I yelled "Grand mal" at the TV and he ignored me. Absolutely one of the most likeable Jeopardy players I've ever seen.