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Brown Appoints Two To Fill Vacancies on Yolo County

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 18, 2018
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Brown Appoints Two To Fill Vacancies on Yolo County

Governor Jerry Brown named Tom Dyer of Sacramento, a UC Davis Law School Graduate and Peter Williams of S ...

Governor Jerry Brown named Tom Dyer of Sacramento, a UC Davis Law School Graduate and Peter Williams of Sacramento to fill two of the three vacancies on the Yolo Super Court. Both men are Democrats a ...

December 18, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: There’s a Wave of Progressive Prosecutors, but We’ve Been Left Behind

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 16, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: There’s a Wave of Progressive Prosecutors, but We’ve Been Left Behind

Despite a closer than expected election back in June in Yolo County, the hope for progressive reform rema ...

Despite a closer than expected election back in June in Yolo County, the hope for progressive reform remains elusive. This past week there was an op-ed in the New York Times, “There’s a Wave of New P ...

December 16, 2018
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Justice Grinds to Standstill in Sacramento Courts – Court Workers Claim They’re Being Treated Unjustly

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 12, 2018
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Justice Grinds to Standstill in Sacramento Courts – Court Workers Claim They’re Being Treated Unjustly

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – It was like a ghost town here Tuesday at Sa ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – It was like a ghost town here Tuesday at Sacramento’s main downtown courthouse, which is usually jammed with scores of defendants, jurors, ...

December 12, 2018
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Closing Arguments Delivered in the Moore and Kenney Possession Trial

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 10, 2018
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Closing Arguments Delivered in the Moore and Kenney Possession Trial

By Kendra Hall Last Friday, the jury began deliberation in the trial for the two co-defendants Christophe ...

By Kendra Hall Last Friday, the jury began deliberation in the trial for the two co-defendants Christopher Moore and James Kenney after each attorney delivered a compelling closing statement. The defe ...

December 10, 2018
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Man Held To Answer in Hit and Run Injury Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 09, 2018
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Man Held To Answer in Hit and Run Injury Case

by Biyao Ren Honorable Judge Timothy L. Fall presided over the preliminary hearing for People versus H. C ...

by Biyao Ren Honorable Judge Timothy L. Fall presided over the preliminary hearing for People versus H. Compton at Department 11 on December 7th, 2018. Mr. Compton was alleged to felony charge of hit ...

December 09, 2018
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Man Held to Answer to Felony Charge of Receiving Stolen Property

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 08, 2018
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Man Held to Answer to Felony Charge of Receiving Stolen Property

by Connor Kianpour The preliminary hearing for the case of Michael Ray Berry was heard in Department 13 o ...

by Connor Kianpour The preliminary hearing for the case of Michael Ray Berry was heard in Department 13 of the Superior Court of Yolo County on December 7, 2018, Judge Paul K. Richardson presiding. Mr ...

December 08, 2018
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Heavy-Duty Legal Wrangling Featured in 2016 State Capitol Neo Nazi Riot Prelim

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 07, 2018
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Heavy-Duty Legal Wrangling Featured in 2016 State Capitol Neo Nazi Riot Prelim

By Crescenzo Vellucci Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The long, long anticipated preliminary trial of thre ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The long, long anticipated preliminary trial of three anti-fascists for their alleged part in a June 2016 melee at the State Capitol involving neo ...

December 07, 2018
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Unmarked Police Surveillance After Defendants Leave the Courthouse

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 06, 2018
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Unmarked Police Surveillance After Defendants Leave the Courthouse

By Danielle Eden Silva In Department 14 continued officer testimonies from the morning session. The case ...

By Danielle Eden Silva In Department 14 continued officer testimonies from the morning session. The case concerns the two co-defendants Christopher Moore, represented by Attorney Lisa Lance, and James ...

December 06, 2018
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Sacramento County Sheriff Rebuked for Locking Out Inspector General

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 05, 2018
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Sacramento County Sheriff Rebuked for Locking Out Inspector General

Sacramento County Sheriff Rebuked for Locking Out Inspector General By Crescenzo Vellucci Sacramento Bure ...

Sacramento County Sheriff Rebuked for Locking Out Inspector General By Crescenzo Vellucci Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – In a dramatic rebuke of the Capital City’s sitting and controversial Sheriff Sc ...

December 05, 2018
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McAdam Named President Judge of Yolo County for 2019

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 05, 2018
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McAdam Named President Judge of Yolo County for 2019

The Judges of Yolo Superior Court have elected Judge Samuel T. McAdam and Judge Daniel P. Maguire to serv ...

The Judges of Yolo Superior Court have elected Judge Samuel T. McAdam and Judge Daniel P. Maguire to serve as Presiding Judge and Assistant Presiding Judge for 2019-20. Their terms will begin January ...

December 05, 2018
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Child Endangerment, Vandalism, and Battery Charges Against Francisco Garcia

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 05, 2018
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Child Endangerment, Vandalism, and Battery Charges Against Francisco Garcia

By Tumaris Hone This afternoon, department 13 resumed its preliminary hearing for counts one through six ...

By Tumaris Hone This afternoon, department 13 resumed its preliminary hearing for counts one through six against the defendant, Francisco Garcia. He is charged with battery, endangerment of a child, v ...

December 05, 2018
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Analysis: Destruction of Evidence in Grimes Case Deemed Insufficient to Throw Out Case, But Could Lead to Acquittal

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 04, 2018
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Analysis: Destruction of Evidence in Grimes Case Deemed Insufficient to Throw Out Case, But Could Lead to Acquittal

Last week Judge David Reed denied the defense motion to dismiss in the state’s case against Cody Grimes. ...

Last week Judge David Reed denied the defense motion to dismiss in the state’s case against Cody Grimes. Mr. Grimes is being held on felony drug, weapons, child endangerment and owning a dog with int ...

December 04, 2018
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Man Held to Answer for Assault of Transient Woman

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 04, 2018
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Man Held to Answer for Assault of Transient Woman

by Connor Kianpour The preliminary hearing for the case of Abraham Villa Sanchez began in Department 13 o ...

by Connor Kianpour The preliminary hearing for the case of Abraham Villa Sanchez began in Department 13 of the Superior Court of Yolo County on December 3, 2018, Judge Paul K. Richardson presiding. Mr ...

December 04, 2018
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Preliminary Hearing Delayed in Gilligan Murder Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 03, 2018
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Preliminary Hearing Delayed in Gilligan Murder Case

The case of the Davis woman accused of shooting her former boyfriend, 35-year-old Jamie Kinseth, has been ...

The case of the Davis woman accused of shooting her former boyfriend, 35-year-old Jamie Kinseth, has been delayed until January 15. The case was set for preliminary hearing, but it appeared neither s ...

December 03, 2018
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Closing Arguments in Burglary Trial

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: November 28, 2018
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Closing Arguments in Burglary Trial

By Danielle Silva The jury trial of Aaron Lamont Freeman had closing statements delivered today. On Novem ...

By Danielle Silva The jury trial of Aaron Lamont Freeman had closing statements delivered today. On November 14, 2017, over twenty tools had been stolen from a van in West Sacramento late in the night ...

November 28, 2018
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Key Evidence Destroyed in Marijuana Raid Case, But Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: November 27, 2018
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Key Evidence Destroyed in Marijuana Raid Case, But Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss

By Kendra Hall This morning, in department 8 of the Yolo county Superior Court Ashley Bargenquast, Attorn ...

By Kendra Hall This morning, in department 8 of the Yolo county Superior Court Ashley Bargenquast, Attorney for the Defendant Mr. Cody Grimes, argued that the charges against her client should be dism ...

November 27, 2018
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Preliminary Hearing for Rental Car Theft Begins

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: November 27, 2018
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Preliminary Hearing for Rental Car Theft Begins

by Connor Kianpour The preliminary hearing for the case of Stacey Marie Carr began in Department 13 of th ...

by Connor Kianpour The preliminary hearing for the case of Stacey Marie Carr began in Department 13 of the Superior Court of Yolo County on November 26, 2018, Judge Paul K. Richardson presiding. Ms. C ...

November 27, 2018
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Commentary: The Case for Commuting the Sentence of Ajay Dev

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 21, 2018
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Commentary: The Case for Commuting the Sentence of Ajay Dev

We are rapidly coming up on the 10-year anniversary of the conviction of Ajay Dev and his 378-year senten ...

We are rapidly coming up on the 10-year anniversary of the conviction of Ajay Dev and his 378-year sentence for allegedly raping his adopted daughter over a five-year period of time, now over 15 years ...

November 21, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Davis Shooting Case Defendant Changes Attorneys, Confirms Preliminary Date

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: November 17, 2018
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Davis Shooting Case Defendant Changes Attorneys, Confirms Preliminary Date

By Danielle Eden C. Silva The case of Hayley Katherine Gilligan continues to unfold. With the plea now en ...

By Danielle Eden C. Silva The case of Hayley Katherine Gilligan continues to unfold. With the plea now entered for the court, a preliminary hearing has been set for the charge of first-degree murder w ...

November 17, 2018
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Newlywed Nightmare: Trial of Groom Charged with Spousal Abuse Begins

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: November 15, 2018
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Newlywed Nightmare: Trial of Groom Charged with Spousal Abuse Begins

By Kendra Hall Today in Department 8 of Yolo County Superior Court the trial of Baljit Singh began, with ...

By Kendra Hall Today in Department 8 of Yolo County Superior Court the trial of Baljit Singh began, with Judge David W. Reed presiding over the case. Singh is accused of felony assault and infliction ...

November 15, 2018
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