COURT WATCH: Prosecution Drops Case after Yolo Court Judge Agrees with Defense Claims of Violation of Miranda Rights, and Other Concerns
By Audrey Sawyer WOODLAND, CA — After a Yolo County Superior Court judge tossed much of the…
COURT WATCH: Man Fails to Win No Bail Release, Despite Financial Troubles
By Olivia Biliunas WOODLAND, CA – A man was denied no bail (OR, own recognizance) unsupervised release,…
COURT WATCH: Attorneys Argue over Use of the Word ‘Fentanyl’ in Mid-Trial Arguments
By Cheyenne Galloway WOODLAND, CA – Before the jury trial last Thursday at Yolo County Superior Court,…
COURT WATCH: Attorneys Butt Heads over Admissibility of ‘Hearsay’ Evidence at Start of Jury Trial of Woman Facing Drug Charges
By Nico Ludwig-Stock WOODLAND, CA – In a jury trial on Wednesday at Yolo County Superior Court,…
COURT WATCH: Judge Issues Bench Warrant for Unhoused Man Who Reported to Police Instead of Probation Office
By Madison Whittemore WOODLAND, CA – A bench warrant was issued here in Yolo County Superior Court…
COURT WATCH: Judge Refuses to Reduce Unhoused Man’s Felony Charge to Misdemeanor Despite Acknowledging Little Solid Evidence
By Yenah Lee and Madison Whittemore WOODLAND, CA – An unhoused man charged with felony vandalism failed…
COURT WATCH: Unhoused 50-Year-Old Woman with Physical Disability Unable to Do Alternative Service Sent to Jail for 30 Days on Misdemeanor Drug Possession
By Audrey Sawyer WOODLAND, CA — A 50-year-old woman who is currently unhoused and who wasn’t allowed…
Court Watch: Judge Helps Skeptical Prosecutor Accept Plan for Accused to Avoid Jail, and Believe in ‘Glass Half Full’
By Hailey Cairns WOODLAND, CA – An accused’s sentencing hearing here in Yolo County Superior Court was…
COURT WATCH: Judge Denies Misdemeanor Reduction, Grants Potential Release to Hope Cooperative
By Ramneet Singh WOODLAND, CA – Judge Tom Dyer in Yolo County Superior Court last Friday denied…
Defense Objects to Prosecution Request for Accused’s Juvenile Medical Records; Judge Postpones Hearing After Complaint
By Gracy Joslin WOODLAND, CA – Deputy Public Defender Jonathan Opet Wednesday morning in Yolo County Superior…
Man Sentenced to Probation, but Jailed Because No Space in Residential Program
By Ivan Villegas WOODLAND, CA – A man convicted of vandalism and causing a forest fire was…
Man Charged with Kidnapping and Sexual Violence against Minor
By Veronica Miller WOODLAND, CA – Judge Timothy Fall this week in the preliminary hearing of the…