COURT WATCH: Man Accumulates Numerous DUI-Related Counts Based on Minor Distinction in Vehicle Code – Judge Sets for Trial
By Cynthia Hoang-Duong WOODLAND, CA – Judge Daniel M. Wolk began a man’s arraignment hearing this week…
COURT WATCH: Public Defender Vouches for Client, but Judge Won’t Drop Arrest Warrant
By Ivan Villegas WOODLAND, CA – “Is there an active warrant in this case?…There’s a new case?”…
COURT WATCH: Judge Doesn’t Buy Defense Claim DUI Tests Not Administered Properly, Arrest Unlawful
By Jonathan Lewis WOODLAND, CA – The judge here ruled against a defense motion in Yolo County…
COURT WATCH: Defense Argues Man ‘Warehoused’ in State Hospital for 9 Years Should Be Allowed to Move to ‘Transition’ – Judge Disagrees
By Cynthia Hoang-Duong and Hailey Cairns WOODLAND, CA – Despite a man’s nine years in a hospital…
COURT WATCH: Judge Jails Homeless, Indigent Man on $10,000 Bail Pretrial; Defense Calls Jailing ‘Offensive’
By Kiana Khatibi and Ivan Villegas WOODLAND, CA – Calling it “offensive” —the pretrial jailing of an…
COURT WATCH: Prosecutor Persistent, but Judge Accepts Felony Reduction for ‘Overpoliced’ Man
By Kiana Khatibi and Kaylee Pearlman WOODLAND, CA – It wasn’t for lack of trying, but the…
COURT WATCH: Judge Denies Prosecution’s Request to Revoke Man’s Right to Drive in Hit and Run Case while Case Pending
By Michael Apfel WOODLAND, CA – In a preliminary hearing here in Yolo County Superior Court for…
COURT WATCH: Prosecution Suggests Court Disregard Probation Mistake to Extend SCRAM for Another Year, Send Accused to Jail for 90 days – Judge Disagrees
By Cynthia Hoang-Duong WOODLAND, CA – Disagreeing with the prosecution, Yolo County Superior Court Judge Stephen L….
COURT WATCH: Defense Claims West Sacramento Police Officers Withheld Bathroom Privileges to Man to Coerce Him into Consenting to Illegal Blood Draw – Judge Ignores, Sets Case for Trial
By Kimberly Torres WOODLAND, CA – The defense questioned the legality of consent after a man here…
COURT WATCH: District Attorney Fails to File Formal Accusation of Probation Violation; Court Works It Out
By Ivan Villegas WOODLAND, CA – In an arraignment for an alleged violation of probation here in…
COURT WATCH: Bevy of Felony and Misdemeanor Cases Leads to Judge Setting Bail after Prosecution Calls Man ‘Safety Risk’
By Kevin Barragan and Ramneet Singh WOODLAND, CA – There was discussion here on a bevy of…
Accused Sent Back to Jail by Judge because There’s No Room in Residential Treatment Program
By Ivan Villegas WOODLAND, CA – A man here in Yolo County Superior Court this week, who…
Deputy Public Defender Tells Jury to Acquit Accused on Primary Battery Charge
By Jonathan Lewis WOODLAND, CA – Deputy District Attorney Preston Schaub and Deputy Public Defender Martha Sequeira…
Family Fight Described in Detail by Combatants in Yolo Jury Trial
By Gracy Joslin WOODLAND, CA – In Yolo County Superior Court Wednesday, the trial of a man…
Attorney Argues Low Income People Unfairly Penalized Under Diversion Program Requiring High Restitution
By Belen Avelar WOODLAND, CA – An accused, who was involved in a hit-and-run case, made an…
Justin Gonzalez Denied Bail and Release Awaiting New Trial
By Ivan Villegas WOODLAND, CA – Coming to a quick decision, Judge Stephen Mock denied Deputy Public…
Woman Can’t Afford Court Fees, So Agrees to Spend Nearly Month in Jail
By Cynthia Hoang-Duong WOODLAND, CA – A woman here agreed to spend nearly a month in county…
Defense Objects, but Laptop Felony Case Going to Trial
By Roni Ayalon and Brinda Kalita WOODLAND, CA – Despite doubts raised by the defense at a…
Judge Approves Defense Argument for Rehab over Incarceration
By Ivan Villegas WOODLAND, CA – “What good does it do him if he wants to rehabilitate…
Prosecutor Rejects Probation Dismissal Despite Defense Claim of Lengthy Work Release Program Waitlist
By Cynthia Hoang-Duong WOODLAND, CA – During a review hearing of the accused’s completion of her probation…
