COURT WATCH: Big Questions in DUI Trial – Inconsistent Tech, Faulty Tests, Another CHP Officer without Body Cam Footage Testifies in One-Eyed Man’s Case
By Audrey Sawyer and Madison Whittemore WOODLAND, CA — In a jury trial Tuesday in Yolo County…
COURT WATCH: Public Defender Files Second Racial Justice Act Motion for Black Accused – Cites Prosecution Due to ‘Racial Animus’
By Annie Rudolph and Madison Whittemore WOODLAND, CA – Yolo County Chief Public Defender Tracie Olson continued…
COURT WATCH: Murder Retrial Introduces New DNA Evidence, Possibly Proving Innocence, Claims Defense
By Kristin Trent WOODLAND, CA – A man sentenced to prison for murder seven years ago is…
COURT WATCH: Jury Trial Resumes – Security Guard Faces Assault Charges Involving Alleged Hospital Attack on Vulnerable Individual with Tourette’s Syndrome and Seizures
By Madison Whittemore WOODLAND, CA – A jury trial resumed Thursday here in Yolo County Superior Court…
COURT WATCH: Accused’s Alleged ‘Pan’ Attack Leads to Denied Release Despite Stable Housing and Active Mental Health Needs
By Julie McCaffrey WOODLAND, CA – Here in Yolo County Superior Court last week in a hearing…
COURT WATCH: Jury Trial Date Confirmed for Gonzalez Murder Case in Yolo County
By Yenah Lee WOODLAND, CA – Judge Samuel McAdam Friday confirmed Justin Gonzalez’s jury retrial for murder…
COURT WATCH: Accused Gets Deal, but Judge Tells Him to Start Paying Fine Soon, Despite Being Unhoused and Facing Financial Hardship
By Avery Redula WOODLAND, CA – An accused man here in Yolo County Superior Court Monday was…
COURT WATCH: Prior Criminal History Hurts Man Asking to Be Released to Care Facility – Judge Said Man Likely to Continue ‘Violent Behavior’
By Audrey Sawyer and Felecia Johnson WOODLAND, CA – A man here in Yolo County Superior Court…
COURT WATCH: Probation and Prosecution Urge Judge to Keep Woman’s SCRAM Device on Despite Accused Abiding All Probation Orders – Judge Disagrees
By Madison Whittemore WOODLAND, CA – Deputy District Attorney Aloysius Patchen and a probation officer adamantly opposed…
COURT WATCH: Judge Increases Misdemeanor Bail to $15,000 to ‘Encourage’ Accused to Appear in Court
By Madison Whittemore WOODLAND, CA – Judge Dave Reed increased a woman’s bail from $10,000 to $15,000…
COURT WATCH: Defense Line of Questioning Raises Uncertainty of SCRAM Device Reliability
By Yenah Lee WOODLAND, CA – Private defense attorney Joshua Kaizuka’s line of questioning this week in…
COURT WATCH: Dominguez Transferred to State Hospital
By Madison Whittemore WOODLAND, CA – Alleged Davis serial stabber Carlos Dominguez was finally transferred to a…
COURT WATCH: Jury Finds Accused Not Guilty – Defense Argument Struck at Prosecution’s Witness Credibility, Lack of Evidence
By Cynthia Hoang-Duong WOODLAND, CA – A jury here in Yolo County Superior Court, after deliberating parts…
COURT WATCH: Security at Hospital Prosecuted after Man with Tourette Syndrome Denied Medical Care, Allegedly Assaulted
By Kristin Trent and Avery Redula WOODLAND, CA – A man with Tourette syndrome seeking emergency medical…
COURT WATCH: Judge Orders Installation of SCRAM Device in DUI Case – Unemployed Accused Agrees after Only Option Was Jail
By Kaveh Nasseri WOODLAND, CA – This week in Yolo County Superior Court, a visiting judge ruled…
COURT WATCH: Prosecutor Urges Judge to Continue with Preliminary Hearing Despite Man’s Attempts to Retain Private Counsel
By Cynthia Hoang-Duong WOODLAND, CA – During a pre-hearing conference here in Yolo County Superior Court last…
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: Possibly Mentally Ill Man Sent Back to Jail without Mental Competency Hearing
By Kristin Trent WOODLAND, CA – A possibly mentally ill man—as noted by the court—Tuesday in Yolo…
COURT WATCH: Past Failures to Appear in Court Means Unhoused Man Will Remain in Jail Pretrial
By Holly Werris WOODLAND, CA – A man remained in jail here this past week, charged with…
COURT WATCH: New Prosecutor on Case Insists on Pretrial Jail; Judge Disagrees
By Adam Solorzano WOODLAND, CA – Deputy Public Defender Stephan Betz, filed a SOR (Supervised Own Recognizance)…
