COURT WATCH: Prosecution Claims Accused Competent – Doctor Evaluation Differs
BURLINGTON, VT – State prosecutor Ryan Richards questioned the findings of a doctor’s evaluation of the accused’s…
COURT WATCH: Defense Argues Felony Plea Unjust for Should-Have-Been Misdemeanor Charge
WOODLAND, CA – An accused person accepted a felony plea deal during a mental competency hearing Friday…
COURT WATCH: DDA Objects to Reduction of Felony Charge over Decades-Old Priors
WOODLAND, CA – Deputy District Attorney Preston Schaub used the accused’s prior drug-related convictions from 2000 and…
COURT WATCH: Case Consolidation May Hinder Accused Ability to Testify Freely
WOODLAND, CA – Yolo County Superior Court Judge Sonia Cortés granted the consolidation of three cases in…
COURT WATCH: Misdemeanor Shoplifting Overcharged As Felony, Defense Alleges
VAN NUYS, CA – A judge here last Thursday in Los Angeles County Superior Court denied a…
COURT WATCH: Defense Claims Officer Arrested Accused without Sufficient Evidence
WOODLAND, CA – Deputy District Attorney Ashley Harvey claimed, at a preliminary hearing in Yolo County Superior…
COURT WATCH: Accused Charged with Simple Possession, Judge Orders Caltrans Labor
NEWPORT BEACH, CA – A man accused of misdemeanor drug possession for personal use, appeared before Judge…
COURT WATCH: Unemployed Accused Ordered to Pay Restitution
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Judge Brendan Conroy here in San Francisco County Superior Court last week sentenced…
COURT WATCH: Oldest Non-Homicide Case Trial Set after Four and a Half Years
BURLINGTON, VT – After more than four years, a long-delayed misdemeanor domestic and sexual assault case is…
COURTWATCH: Defense Argues Coerced Identification, Excessive Force Used in Public Indecency Case
WOODLAND, CA – Law enforcement officials “coerced” a complaining witness into identifying the accused at the scene…
Unhoused Accused Denied Psychiatric Evaluation from Judge
WOODLAND, CA – Judge Clara M. Levers, during an arraignment hearing in Yolo County Court last Thursday,…
COURT WATCH: Judge Disagrees – Defense Argues Accused Not Public Threat, Bail Excessive
WOODLAND, CA – Judge Clara M. Levers set bail at $10,000 in a misdemeanor hearing this last…
COURT WATCH: Felony Sentence Upheld – Accused Unable to Fund Probation Requirements
LOS ANGELES, CA – An accused who could not pay for his probation requirements instead was charged…
COURT WATCH: Homeless Woman Sent to Jail for Not Completing Community Service
LOS ANGELES, CA – Judge Lauren Weis Birnstein this week here in Los Angeles County Superior Court…
COURT WATCH: Wellness Check Turned Arrest over Knife
CONTRA COSTA, CA – The Hon. H. Glenn Kim denied Deputy Public Defender Juan Morales’s request Monday…
Los Angeles DA Won’t Prosecute Man Attacking Gaza Anti-War Protestors at UCLA
By The Vanguard Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – Claiming there was insufficient evidence, Los Angeles County District…
COURT WATCH: Judge Reduces Charges Based on Insufficient Evidence in Family Dispute
LOS ANGELES, CA – Judge Cathryn F. Brougham reduced assault and vandalism charges from felony to misdemeanor…
COURT WATCH: Man Kept in Jail for Nonviolent Felony Charge – Only Able to Pay $500 after Recent College Payments
MODESTO, CA – A man accused of possession of a stolen vehicle Tuesday in Stanislaus County Superior…
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…
Blacks, Latinos Arrested at ‘Disproportionate Rate’ in Los Angeles, Charges LA City Controller
By The Vanguard LOS ANGELES, CA – Latino and Black people were arrested at a “disproportionate rate”…
