COURT WATCH: Judge ‘Deadnames’ Incarcerated Trans Woman, Claims Jailed for Months for Evading Fare
SAN JOSE, CA – During a mental competency-related proceeding this past Thursday at the Santa Clara County…
COURT WATCH: Defense Accuses DA of Allowing Officer to Skip Prelim to Testify ‘Just Feet Away’
WOODLAND, CA – Deputy Public Defender Martha Sequeira Friday in Yolo County Superior Court argued Deputy District…
COURT WATCH: Motion to Suppress Evidence Denied – Defense Argues Invasive Search
LOS ANGELES, CA – Judge Shelly Torrealba here in Los Angeles County Superior Court last week denied…
COURT WATCH: Van Nuys Judge Denies Therapist Suggestion, Questions Treatment
By Ananya Tan VAN NUYS, CA – During a progress report this week at the Los Angeles…
Victim’s Family Pleads for Mercy, Justice in Jhacorey Wyatt Sentencing for ‘21 Tenderloin Shooting, Prosecution Ignores Calls
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – During a sentencing hearing Tuesday in San Francisco County Superior Court for Jhacorey…
COURT WATCH: Homelessness Impacts Accused – Misses Court, Warrant Issued
LOS ANGELES, CA – An accused—suddenly hit by homelessness—missed court dates and faces losing diversion status, according…
Yolo Judge Upholds Felony Conspiracy Charges on UC Davis Palestinian Protestors Despite Defense Arguing ‘Speculation’ and ‘Guesswork’
Woodland, CA – Judge Clara Levers on Monday upheld a grand jury indictment for three UC Davis…
COURT WATCH: Judge Schedules Sentencing, Doesn’t Believe Accused
MODESTO, CA — In a case management conference hearing at Stanislaus County Superior Court last week, Judge…
COURT WATCH: Judge Sets $150K Bail, Denies Release to Attend Grandmother’s Funeral
WOODLAND, CA –Judge Tom Dyer denied the accused’s release here last week at an arraignment hearing in…
COURT WATCH: Accused Prevented from Visiting Terminally Ill Father and Seeking Treatment for Drug Addiction
By Neha Suri AUBURN, CA – After Judge Eugene S. Gini rejected the defense request to release…
COURT WATCH: Accused Detained for 9 Hours during Search; Deputy Admits to ‘Laziness’
By Lily Rusk WOODLAND, CA – A Yolo County deputy, testifying here at a preliminary hearing…
Day One Dominguez Preliminary Hearing – State Won’t Seek Death
By Bryan Miller WOODLAND, CA – Accused Davis stabbing suspect Carlos Dominguez appeared for the first day…
New Court Commissioners in Sacramento Tilt Toward the Prosecution Side in Their Experience
Sacramento, CA – This week the Sacramento Courts announced the appointment of two additional court commissioners. Both…
COURT WATCH: Deputy Public Defender Requests Accused Be Released to Care of Father, Citing Lack of Mental Health Facilities Available – Judge Agrees
By Nico Ludwig-Stock WOODLAND, CA – Deputy Public Defender Aram Davtyan, in Yolo County Superior Court last…
BREAKING… Jury Acquits Justin Gonzalez in Retrial
by David M. Greenwald Executive Editor After just over a day of deliberations, a Yolo County jury…
COURT WATCH: Gonzalez Murder Retrial Proceeds with New Witness, and Original Trial Testimony of Impeached Witnesses Read to Jury
By Kristin Trent WOODLAND, CA – The Justin Gonzalez jury retrial reconvened here in Yolo County Superior…
COURT WATCH: Witnesses ‘Not Sure’ about Testifying Truthfully in Gonzalez Murder Trial
By Kaveh Nasseri, Frances Eusebio and Madison Whittemore WOODLAND, CA – New witnesses testified in the jury…
COURT WATCH: Witness in Gonzalez Jury Trial Admits ‘Not Sharing Entire Truth’ in Prior Hearing and When She Told Officers She Was ‘Black Out Drunk’
By Audrey Sawyer WOODLAND, CA — Justin Gonzalez was found by a jury to be guilty of…
COURT WATCH: DA’s in Butte Push Back Against Release
Oroville, CA – In multiple cases on Thursday morning in Butte County Court, the DA’s office pushed…
Court Order Commitment of Dominguez to State Hospital
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Following the concession by the DA’s office a…
