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…
Amador County Judge Denies Racial Justice Act Motion in Case Where Complaining Witness Made Slur against Romani Man
Jackson, CA – Amador County Judge Renee Day quickly dismissed a defense motion under the Racial Justice…
Prosecution Suddenly Reverses Course, Concedes Dominguez Not Competent to Stand Trial
Judge Issues Medication Order After Psychiatrists’ Diagnosis, Dominguez’s Refusal of Medication WOODLAND, CA – After a week…
COURT WATCH: Accused Claiming Running Late for Work Now Has Trial Date for Multiple Charges
WOODLAND, CA – Judge Samuel McAdam heard heavy arguments from the prosecution in a case here in…
COURT WATCH: Yolo Man Remains Behind Bars as Yolo Judge Ponders Bail after Overturned Jury Verdict
WOODLAND, CA – During Justin Gonzalez’s bail hearing Monday here in Yolo County Superior Court, Judge Sam…
Expert Witness Diagnoses Alleged Davis Stabbing Suspect with Schizophrenia
WOODLAND, CA — “Mr. Dominguez is a textbook example of schizophrenia,” concluded a psychologist at Thursday’s competency…
Friends, Mental Health Clinicians Testify to ‘Bizarre’ Behavior of Alleged Davis Serial Stabber in Competency Trial
WOODLAND, CA – The trial for determining the mental competency of Carlos Dominguez—allegedly responsible for the stabbing…
Stanislaus Judge Finds after Lengthy Proceeding Man Not Competent to Stand Trial
Modesto, CA – It was a battle of three court appointed experts—two of whom deemed a man…
