COURT WATCH: Defense Demands Evidence, Prosecution Maintains CHP Claims It Doesn’t Exist
By Leela Bronner WOODLAND, CA – The defense filed a motion to compel the production of specific…
COURT WATCH: Judge Shoots Down Motion to Suppress, Doesn’t Find 4th Amendment Violation After Stop
WOODLAND, CA – A motion to suppress heard here in Yolo County Superior Court this week was…
Judge Denies Suppression, Throws Out Only Two Charges against a Man Shot by SF Police Despite Calling the Shooting ‘A Terrible Outcome’
San Francisco, CA – Richard Everett found himself surrounded by police, receiving conflicting commands before being shot…
Public Defender Seeks to Suppress PAS Test after Prolonged and Coercive Detention by Police
Woodland, CA – Yolo County Judge Sonia Cortés asked for additional briefing in a motion to suppress…
Judge Denies Motion to Suppress Blood Sample in Issue of Consent in DUI Case
By Jariah Moore WOODLAND, CA – Yolo County Superior Court Judge Stephen Mock denied a motion to…
Judge Rules Police Illegally Detain, Arrest Man, Grants Suppression Motion, Dismisses Case
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – San Francisco Judge Brian Ferrall granted a…
Judge Denies Motion to Suppress – Defense Argues Questionable Arrest
By Daniella Espinoza DUBLIN, CA – An Alameda County Superior Court judge this week denied a motion…
Motion to Suppress Evidence in DUI Case Denied after Just One Witness Called
By Amy Berberyan RIVERSIDE, CA – A motion to suppress evidence failed in a driving under the…
Judge Denies Motion to Suppress after Long Argument by Public Defender
By Ankita Joshi ALAMEDA, CA – Alameda County Superior Court Judge Karin Schwartz last Friday denied a…
Judge Denies Motion to Suppress Gun Evidence after Police Search in Minor Traffic Stop
By Samuel Van Blaricom SACRAMENTO, CA – A motion to suppress evidence was denied Friday in a…
Motion to Suppress Denied, Defendant Admitting to Possession of Substances Gave Probable Cause for Search
By Simran Chahal SACRAMENTO, CA – Sacramento County Superior Court Judge…
Motion to Suppress – Court Hears Argument that DUI Stop Not Warranted
By Greg Ritzinger SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A San Francisco County Superior Court heard a motion to…
Defendant Motion to Suppress Evidence Denied – PD Calls Police Actions a ‘Fishing Expedition’
By Stephanie Boulos SACRAMENTO, CA – Defendant Erica Aguirre’s motion to suppress evidence was denied here in…
Motion to Suppress Granted, Felony Tossed for Defendant Not Read Miranda Rights
By Ankita Joshi SACRAMENTO, CA – A Sacramento police officer violated the constitutional rights of a defendant,…
Defendant Half Asleep During Interrogation, Defense Motions to Suppress Evidence
By Roselyn Poommai SACRAMENTO, CA – How awake is awake? That was the big question here in…
Despite Officer-Admitted Error, Judge Rules Traffic Stop, Arrest Lawful
By Sophia Barberini and Hongyi Wen SACRAMENTO, CA – Defense Attorney Jesse Ortiz argued Friday here in…
Judge Rules Miranda Rights Not Needed in DUI Arrest
By Hongyi Wen SACRAMENTO, CA – It’s a regular scene seen on television and in movies when…
Judge Tosses Drug Case, Finds Officers Engaged in Illegal Search and Seizure
By Kathryn Wood and Ankita Joshi SACRAMENTO – A Sacramento County Superior Court judge here has tossed…
Judge Rules Officer Right, Even If He Is Wrong – Accepts Prosecution Claim Driver Illegally Used High Beams
By Kathryn Wood and Linhchi Nguyen SACRAMENTO – Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Tami R. Bogert Friday…
‘Two Black Dudes’ Profiled, Claims Defense – Trial Set for December
By Ariel Abdallah SACRAMENTO – A car with an open container of marijuana parked in a red…
