DUI Driver BAC Nearly 5 Times Legal Limit, Judge Notes ‘You Are Lucky to Be Alive’
By Noe Herrera SANTA MARIA, CA – A substitute judge in the Santa Barbara County Courthouse here...... Read more.
Judge Grants Release, with Conditions, to Man Accused of Terroristic Threats
By Noe Herrera SANTA BARBARA, CA – Judge Raimundo Montes de Oca heard an arraignment and a...... Read more.
Hate Crime Targeting Black High School Assistant Principal for Enforcing Mask Rule Condemned by CAIR, and Former Black Lives Matter Sacramento Lead
By Noe Herrera SACRAMENTO, CA – Late last week, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), released an...... Read more.
Judge Uses Discretion to Cut Deals, from Infractions to Felonies
By Noe Herrera SANTA BARBARA, CA – Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge Raimundo Montes de Oca...... Read more.
Judge Sends Driver Accused of 4th DUI to Jail, Calls Her ‘Out of Control’
By Noe Herrera MODESTO, CA – Early Monday morning in Stanislaus County Superior Court, Judge Dawna Reeves...... Read more.
Judge Reduces Sentences for Drivers Who Plead to DUI Charges; Repeat Offender Still Gets 135 Days
By Noe Herrera MODESTO, CA – Stanislaus County Superior Court Judge Dawna Reeves earlier this week heard...... Read more.
Over Prosecution Objection, Judge Allows Defense to Seek Outside ‘Bilingual and Culturally Competent Neuropsychologist’ for Mental Competency Evaluation
By Noe Herrera SANTA BARBARA, CA – Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge Pauline Maxwell suspended criminal...... Read more.
Accused Man Resists Bailiff during Arraignment, Judge Flees Court
By Noe Herrera SANTA MARIA, CA – Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge Gustavo Lavayen had to...... Read more.
Judge Denies Release Request for Man Charged with Child Rape – Sets $250K Bail
By Noe Herrera SANTA BARBARA, CA – In an arraignment here in Santa Barbara County Superior Court...... Read more.
New Plea Tracker Program Seeks to Make Plea Bargaining Transparent
By Mei Perez and Noe Herrera NORTH CAROLINA – Last spring, the Plea Tracker Project was launched...... Read more.