A Tale of Two UC Davis Attorneys
By Lloyd Billingsley Inmate AW0819 Daniel Marsh, formerly of Davis, is now serving time at the Richard…
Deputy DA Resigns Following Traffic Accident
Three weeks after being involved in a single-car traffic accident, Yolo County Deputy DA Barry Shapiro resigned…
Green Faces April Trial on Charges She Killed Her Baby
By Sarah Abfalter The case of Samantha Green continued this Friday in Yolo County with an arraignment…
Alleged Assailant At Quinceañera Held to Answer for Multiple Stabbings
By Tressa Bryant A preliminary hearing began this week for Daniel Portugal, accused of stabbing several people…
Sunday Commentary: How We Can Prevent Wrongful Convictions
This was the speech I gave last night at the Vanguard Court Watch Event: Preventing Wrongful Convictions….
Report Finds Wild Divergences in Law Enforcement Practices One Year after Prop 47
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of California today released a report, Changing Gears: California’s Shift to…
Do Authorities Have the Right Man in the West Sac Shooting of a 13-Year-Old Girl?
Just under two weeks ago, 39-year-old Sonny Martinez pleaded not guilty in Yolo County Court to charges…
My View: The Troubling Case of Samantha Green
It took the DA’s office nearly nine months to articulate a theory of second degree murder and…
Green Will Face Second Degree Murder Charges
Judge David Rosenberg on Thursday held Samantha Green to answer on second degree murder charges following four…
15-Year-Old Alleged Victim Testifies She Was Molested by Father
By Joanna Kwong and Haroutun Bejanyan The witness for the People during the afternoon court session in…
Baby Murder Preliminary Hearing Resumes
By Tiffany Yeh The preliminary hearing for Samantha Green, the young mother charged with second-degree murder of…
Detective Recalls Panicked Green in Testimony During Preliminary Hearing
By Haroutun Bejanyan Detective Tamara Pelle’s testimony resumed on November 3 in the preliminary examination of Samantha…
Preliminary Hearing Begins in Baby Murder
By Tressa Bryant A tearful Samantha Green faced her preliminary hearing regarding the death of her 19-day-old…
Meth Trial Wraps Up
by Haroutun Bejanyan The trial of Bryan Keith Silva, a homeless man charged with possession of methamphetamine…
Sheriff’s Deputy Takes the Stand in Meth Case
by Tiffany Yeh People v. Silva, involving the alleged sale of methamphetamine, resumed with the testimony of…
Rodarte Convicted of 8 Counts of Lewd and Lascivious Sexual Acts
by Joanna Kwong The jury came to a verdict on the case of People v. Rodarte on…
Commentary: My Experience on Jury Duty Ends with a DDA Questioning during Voir Dire
I have never been afforded the privilege of serving on a jury – which I think is…
Brief Meth Trial Opens in Yolo County
by Tressa Bryant Deputy District Attorney Robin Johnson opened Bryan Silva’s case by stating that Mr. Silva…
Hoskins Trial Ends in Acquittal on Murder, Hung Jury for Lesser Charge of Manslaughter
After a week and a half of jury deliberations, Yolo County Judge David Reed on Monday afternoon…
Child Sexual Assault Trial Concludes
By Haroutun Bejanyan, Joanna Kwong and Tiffany Yeh On the morning of the last day of Job…
