Judge John S. Adams denied bail for three students and granted supervised release to an alleged getaway driver in a planned home invasion case, citing public safety concerns and the seriousness of the charges.
Judge William S. Zidbeck denied a request by a new attorney to assume representation of an accused DUI driver who was not present in court, prompting a heated exchange with the appointed public defender and resulting in a bench warrant being issued for the accused.
The accused requested a reset of his trial date due to lack of communication with his court-appointed attorney, but the judge denied the request and scheduled an additional pretrial hearing two weeks before trial.
A Yolo County Superior Court judge continued a felony probation violation matter following an Admit or Deny Violation of Probation hearing, which focused on the availability of mental health diversion and an unresolved legal question regarding eligibility for diversion when an accused person has a prior strike conviction.
A Yolo County judge granted a prosecutor’s motion to impose a no-bail condition on a man accused of felony gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, despite the accused not being present in the courtroom at the time the decision was made.
The accused, representing himself, raised a complaint against the Orange County Sheriff’s Department alleging misconduct related to the handling of video evidence and requested that all charges against him be dropped, but Judge Zidbeck denied the request and set an extended trial date in April.
A judge dismissed a 14-year-old misdemeanor case after finding that prosecutors failed to exercise due diligence in pursuing the case, violating the accused’s right to a speedy trial.
The fate of an unhoused man was under consideration in Yolo County Superior Court as the judge weighed whether to release him or continue his detention during a bail review, with the public defender arguing for his release and the prosecution opposing it due to his history of noncompliance.
Four people were accused of an armed home invasion in Irvine, California, with the intent of obtaining cryptocurrency holdings, and were apprehended after police traced the vehicle used in the crime and used Instagram messages and surveillance footage to identify the suspects.
Judge Matthew Anderson extended the proof-of-enrollment deadline for an accused man with cognitive limitations to enroll in a court-ordered treatment program, despite the lack of assistance and the difficulty of finding online options in Riverside County.
A Yolo County Superior Court judge granted a mental health diversion motion for an accused facing assault charges, despite objections from the prosecution and a lack of immediate treatment services due to a waitlist.
A Yolo County judge denied a request to release an unhoused man with mental health needs to an available treatment bed, ruling that he posed a public safety risk after violating a criminal protective order and serving him with another such order.
Judge Carlton P. Biggs rejected the accused’s claim of financial hardship for not completing court-ordered domestic violence courses, but allowed an additional month to complete the program and recalled the outstanding warrant.
A Yolo County Superior Court judge granted a motion for mental health diversion, rejecting prosecution arguments that the absence of an immediate treatment placement made the plan insufficient, and finding the accused suitable and eligible for diversion.
A theft of $950 worth of merchandise from a California Home Depot store resulted in felony charges and warnings of up to six years in state prison for a probation violation, raising questions about charging practices in lower-level theft cases.
A Yolo County Superior Court judge has set a retrial date of May 2026 for Carlos Reales Dominguez, the former UC Davis student charged in connection with the 2023 Davis stabbing attacks, following a mistrial last year.
Judge Danette C. Brown released the accused on supervised own-recognizance, rejecting a proposed $10,000 bail due to her pregnancy and financial circumstances, and citing her active participation in drug assistance programs.
Judge Carlton P. Biggs denied a request for conditional release and set $20,000 bail for a foreign national facing DUI-related probation proceedings, citing the accused’s previous arrests and high blood alcohol content levels.
Judge Samuel McAdam was allowed to continue presiding over the second trial of Carlos Dominguez after a judge ruled that the prosecution failed to establish that McAdam was biased.
A Yolo County Superior Court judge granted judicial diversion to a 23-year-old man accused of driving with a suspended license, overruling prosecution objections, with the condition that he install an ignition interlock device in any vehicle he drives to prevent future incidents of impaired driving.