Despite Some Long, Intense Questions, Jury Selected in Deshon Marman Trial
By Alana Bleimann SAN FRANCISCO, CA – After a tedious and long morning, San Francisco County Superior...... Read more.
Vanguard Court Watch Articles of the Week Aug 23-27, 2021
Corporal Injury Case Set for Trial, Even Though Testimony of Only Witness Equates Victim Statement with Own...... Read more.
Despite Hesitation to Admit to Crime, Accused Pleads No Contest to Get ‘Outta Jail Today’ – He Spent 622 Days Awaiting Trial
By Joseph Shepard SANTA BARBARA, CA – A man here this week in Santa Barbara Superior Court,...... Read more.
Defendant on Pretrial Release at Risk of Being Sent Back to Jail If She Can’t Find a Program
By Marcia Barajas SANTA BARBARA, CA – Amelia A. Castellanos-Marshall needs a place to live Aug. 24,...... Read more.
Public Defender Claims Prosecutor Using Cognitive Bias during Closing Arguments in Jeffrey Eble Trial
By Alana Bleimann SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Deputy Public Defender Aleem Raja claimed defendant Jeffrey Eble is...... Read more.
Judge Denies Request for Defendant’s Pretrial Release, Overrules Recommendation from Pretrial Services
By Joseph Shepard SANTA BARBARA, CA – Despite a recommendation from pretrial services, a defendant was denied...... Read more.
Judge Deals with Particularly Poignant Domestic Cases
By Cassie Larson SANTA BARBARA, CA – Last week, in Dept. 3 of Santa Barbara County Superior...... Read more.
Defendant Waives Rights, Accepts Deal, Pleads No Contest to Charges
By Joseph Shepard SANTA BARBARA, CA – Defendant David Perlingos—charged with a violent felony and multiple misdemeanors—opted...... Read more.
Case Not Proven, but Judge Denies Release of Man because of His Prior, Similar Offenses
By Dayana Esquivel SANTA BARBARA, CA – Joaquin Perez was arraigned in Santa Barbara County Superior Court...... Read more.
Wife Asks for Restraining Order for Her and Daughter after Husband Allegedly Choked Her
By Alan Vargas RIVERSIDE, CA – Riverside County Superior Court Judge Kristi Hester last Friday granted the...... Read more.