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COURT WATCH: Prosecution Failed to Get Holding Order in Residential Burglary Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 24, 2023
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COURT WATCH: Prosecution Failed to Get Holding Order in Residential Burglary Case

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – With a low burden of proof on the prosecution for t ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – With a low burden of proof on the prosecution for the purposes of a preliminary, Yolo County Judge Sam McAdam nevertheless found insufficient evid ...

May 24, 2023
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COURT WATCH: Defense Attorney Points Out Witness-Victim Inconsistencies from Previous Testimony during Attempted Murder Trial

Posted by Ruby Mota-Garcia
|Date: May 24, 2023
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COURT WATCH: Defense Attorney Points Out Witness-Victim Inconsistencies from Previous Testimony during Attempted Murder Trial

By Ruby Mota-Garcia FRESNO, CA - Deputy Public Defender Deidra Adams noted to the court and jury changes ...

By Ruby Mota-Garcia FRESNO, CA - Deputy Public Defender Deidra Adams noted to the court and jury changes in a witness/victim testimony during an attempted murder and attempted assault with a deadly we ...

May 24, 2023
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Judge Suspends Hearing for Davis Alleged Stabbing Suspect, Sets Competency Hearing for June

Posted by Cynthia Hoang-Duong
|Date: May 23, 2023
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Judge Suspends Hearing for Davis Alleged Stabbing Suspect, Sets Competency Hearing for June

By Cynthia Hoang-Duong WOODLAND, CA – In a packed courtroom Monday morning here in Yolo County Superior C ...

By Cynthia Hoang-Duong WOODLAND, CA – In a packed courtroom Monday morning here in Yolo County Superior Court, news reporters filled the seats of the typically empty courtroom to await the appearance ...

May 23, 2023
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COURT WATCH: Disabled Man Surrenders Potentially Self-Incriminating Electronic Data in Exchange for Necessary Medical Care

Posted by Jonathan Lewis
|Date: May 22, 2023
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COURT WATCH: Disabled Man Surrenders Potentially Self-Incriminating Electronic Data in Exchange for Necessary Medical Care

By Jonathan Lewis SACRAMENTO, CA – Sacramento County Superior Court Commissioner Alin Cintean released a ...

By Jonathan Lewis SACRAMENTO, CA – Sacramento County Superior Court Commissioner Alin Cintean released a disabled man on pretrial supervision last Friday after granting a defense motion citing the acc ...

May 22, 2023
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COURT WATCH: Plea Deal Hearing Turns into Request for a Preliminary Hearing After Accused Claims He ‘Didn’t Do Those Things’

Posted by Brinda Kalita
|Date: May 22, 2023
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COURT WATCH: Plea Deal Hearing Turns into Request for a Preliminary Hearing After Accused Claims He ‘Didn’t Do Those Things’

By Brinda Kalita MODESTO, CA - In Stanislaus County Superior Court Friday, at the last minute, a plea dea ...

By Brinda Kalita MODESTO, CA - In Stanislaus County Superior Court Friday, at the last minute, a plea deal hearing turned into a request for a preliminary hearing where the accused was charged with tr ...

May 22, 2023
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COURT WATCH: Man Forced to Risk Days Off from Work and Travel from Texas to Yolo County to Install a SCRAM Device

Posted by Cynthia Hoang-Duong
|Date: May 22, 2023
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COURT WATCH: Man Forced to Risk Days Off from Work and Travel from Texas to Yolo County to Install a SCRAM Device

By Cynthia Hoang-Duong WOODLAND, CA – Judge Daniel M. Wolk ordered a man—who already missed several days ...

By Cynthia Hoang-Duong WOODLAND, CA – Judge Daniel M. Wolk ordered a man—who already missed several days of work when his court dates were postponed—to travel to the Yolo County area from his job in T ...

May 22, 2023
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COURT WATCH: Pregnant Woman Accused of 2nd Degree Robbery Kept in Jail with $100K Bail to ‘Protect Public’

Posted by Audrey Sawyer
|Date: May 19, 2023
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COURT WATCH: Pregnant Woman Accused of 2nd Degree Robbery Kept in Jail with $100K Bail to ‘Protect Public’

By Audrey Sawyer and Leslie Garcia WOODLAND, CA — A pregnant woman facing alleged felony charges of secon ...

By Audrey Sawyer and Leslie Garcia WOODLAND, CA — A pregnant woman facing alleged felony charges of second degree robbery and conspiracy to commit a felony (with an enhancement of an alleged prior str ...

May 19, 2023
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COURT WATCH: Man in Jail for More Than Month for Minor Violation of Parole Found Incompetent to Continue with Proceedings – Still Awaiting Freedom

Posted by Cynthia Hoang-Duong
|Date: May 17, 2023
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COURT WATCH: Man in Jail for More Than Month for Minor Violation of Parole Found Incompetent to Continue with Proceedings – Still Awaiting Freedom

By Cynthia Hoang-Duong WOODLAND, CA – Judge Samuel T. McAdam expressed his willingness to grant Deputy Pu ...

By Cynthia Hoang-Duong WOODLAND, CA – Judge Samuel T. McAdam expressed his willingness to grant Deputy Public Defender Joseph Gocke’s request to dismiss his client’s violation of parole, but the decis ...

May 17, 2023
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COURT WATCH: Judge Agrees – Defense Concerned about Unnecessary Searches after Prosecution Insists Court Impose Search Condition for Release

Posted by Cynthia Hoang-Duong
|Date: May 16, 2023
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COURT WATCH: Judge Agrees – Defense Concerned about Unnecessary Searches after Prosecution Insists Court Impose Search Condition for Release

By Cynthia Hoang-Duong WOODLAND, CA – Here in Yolo County Superior Court Monday, Judge Daniel M. Wolk den ...

By Cynthia Hoang-Duong WOODLAND, CA – Here in Yolo County Superior Court Monday, Judge Daniel M. Wolk denied Deputy District Attorney Ashley Harvey’s request to impose a search condition for drugs as ...

May 16, 2023
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COURT WATCH: Case Delayed after Defense Lawyer Complains Public – and His Assistant – Wrongly Not Allowed into ‘Open’ Courtroom

Posted by Audrey Sawyer
|Date: May 15, 2023
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COURT WATCH: Case Delayed after Defense Lawyer Complains Public – and His Assistant – Wrongly Not Allowed into ‘Open’ Courtroom

By Audrey Sawyer SACRAMENTO, CA — A co-accused case—charges of firearm possession by a felon in one and, ...

By Audrey Sawyer SACRAMENTO, CA — A co-accused case—charges of firearm possession by a felon in one and, in the other, possession of ammunition by a felon—was delayed because of the claim by Defense A ...

May 15, 2023
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COURT WATCH: Man Resentenced, Going Home after 10 Years in Prison – Exclaims, ‘You Won’t See Me Again’

Posted by Fatimah Patel
|Date: May 15, 2023
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COURT WATCH: Man Resentenced, Going Home after 10 Years in Prison – Exclaims, ‘You Won’t See Me Again’

By Fatimah Patel STANISLAUS, CA – Jesse Sebourn served 10 years in prison for a voluntary manslaughter ch ...

By Fatimah Patel STANISLAUS, CA – Jesse Sebourn served 10 years in prison for a voluntary manslaughter charge, “several years beyond” what either the defense or prosecution argued for during his resen ...

May 15, 2023
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COURT WATCH: Court Sends Accused to Jail Despite Hernia Surgery After Failure to Appear, But Does Order Medical Visit

Posted by Audrey Sawyer
|Date: May 12, 2023
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COURT WATCH: Court Sends Accused to Jail Despite Hernia Surgery After Failure to Appear, But Does Order Medical Visit

By Audrey Sawyer SACRAMENTO, CA — Met in Sacramento County Superior Court this week with a string of arra ...

By Audrey Sawyer SACRAMENTO, CA — Met in Sacramento County Superior Court this week with a string of arraignments and a return on a bench warrant, an accused told the court he missed a court date beca ...

May 12, 2023
| by Audrey Sawyer

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COURT WATCH: Judge Rules Homeless Man on Streets Violated Parole by Not Charging GPS Monitor, but Admitted There Could Be ‘Mitigating’ Factors

Posted by Roni Ayalon
|Date: May 11, 2023
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COURT WATCH: Judge Rules Homeless Man on Streets Violated Parole by Not Charging GPS Monitor, but Admitted There Could Be ‘Mitigating’ Factors

By Roni Ayalon WOODLAND, CA - Yolo County Superior Court Judge Samuel McAdam here Monday ruled a “transie ...

By Roni Ayalon WOODLAND, CA - Yolo County Superior Court Judge Samuel McAdam here Monday ruled a “transient” man violated his parole…by not charging his GPS monitor. The accused, unhoused and living o ...

May 11, 2023
| by Roni Ayalon

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COURT WATCH: Man Experiencing Family Deaths Gets Sympathy of Judge, but Still Held on $51,000 Bail for Failure to Appear

Posted by Destiny Gurrola
|Date: May 10, 2023
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COURT WATCH: Man Experiencing Family Deaths Gets Sympathy of Judge, but Still Held on $51,000 Bail for Failure to Appear

By Destiny Gurrola VENTURA, CA - A man who said he recently experienced the death of his father, sister ...

By Destiny Gurrola VENTURA, CA - A man who said he recently experienced the death of his father, sister and niece and missed his felony and misdemeanor court dates because of that was nonetheless hel ...

May 10, 2023
| by Destiny Gurrola

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COURT WATCH: Judge Adamant, Chooses to Resolve Yolo County Case First Before Sacramento County Gets Shot at Accused

Posted by Cynthia Hoang-Duong
|Date: May 10, 2023
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COURT WATCH: Judge Adamant, Chooses to Resolve Yolo County Case First Before Sacramento County Gets Shot at Accused

By Cynthia Hoang-Duong WOODLAND, CA – “You’re asking me to add a whole other layer of complexity to resol ...

By Cynthia Hoang-Duong WOODLAND, CA – “You’re asking me to add a whole other layer of complexity to resolving by sending (the accused) there and having him [brought] back. I’m not interested in that,” ...

May 10, 2023
| by Cynthia Hoang-Duong

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COURT WATCH: Judge Deals with Long, Loaded Preliminary Hearing; Defense Files Motions Against Prosecution’s Charges, Evidence

Posted by Cynthia Hoang-Duong
|Date: May 09, 2023
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COURT WATCH: Judge Deals with Long, Loaded Preliminary Hearing; Defense Files Motions Against Prosecution’s Charges, Evidence

By Cynthia Hoang-Duong WOODLAND, CA – “I’m not here to say it is the court’s fault. It is law enforcement ...

By Cynthia Hoang-Duong WOODLAND, CA – “I’m not here to say it is the court’s fault. It is law enforcement’s fault (and) I think that’s a red herring that Mr. (Deputy District Attorney Aaron) Rojas wil ...

May 09, 2023
| by Cynthia Hoang-Duong

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Court Watch: Judge Helps Skeptical Prosecutor Accept Plan for Accused to Avoid Jail, and Believe in ‘Glass Half Full’

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: May 08, 2023
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Court Watch: Judge Helps Skeptical Prosecutor Accept Plan for Accused to Avoid Jail, and Believe in ‘Glass Half Full’

By Hailey Cairns WOODLAND, CA - An accused's sentencing hearing here in Yolo County Superior Court was o ...

By Hailey Cairns WOODLAND, CA - An accused's sentencing hearing here in Yolo County Superior Court was originally scheduled for last Friday, but Deputy Public Defender Jonathan Opet requested Judge S ...

May 08, 2023
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COURT WATCH: Judge Denies Misdemeanor Reduction, Grants Potential Release to Hope Cooperative

Posted by Ramneet Singh
|Date: May 08, 2023
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COURT WATCH: Judge Denies Misdemeanor Reduction, Grants Potential Release to Hope Cooperative

By Ramneet Singh WOODLAND, CA - Judge Tom Dyer in Yolo County Superior Court last Friday denied an accuse ...

By Ramneet Singh WOODLAND, CA - Judge Tom Dyer in Yolo County Superior Court last Friday denied an accused’s request to have a felony reduced to a misdemeanor, but would consider conditional release d ...

May 08, 2023
| by Ramneet Singh

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FOLLOW-UP EXCLUSIVE: Defense Attorney Explains How Passage of SB 1437 was Able to Correct an Everyday Injustice

Posted by Brinda Kalita
|Date: May 07, 2023
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FOLLOW-UP EXCLUSIVE: Defense Attorney Explains How Passage of SB 1437 was Able to Correct an Everyday Injustice

By Brinda Kalita MODESTO, CA- In Stanislaus County Superior Court about two weeks ago, a PC section 1170. ...

By Brinda Kalita MODESTO, CA- In Stanislaus County Superior Court about two weeks ago, a PC section 1170.5 hearing for Jesse James Sebourn was finally approved, meaning his charges for voluntary mansl ...

May 07, 2023
| by Brinda Kalita

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Yolo DA May Seek Death Penalty in Alleged Davis Killer, Who Pleaded Not Guilty to All Charges Friday

Posted by Julie McCaffrey
|Date: May 06, 2023
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Yolo DA May Seek Death Penalty in Alleged Davis Killer, Who Pleaded Not Guilty to All Charges Friday

By Julie McCaffrey WOODLAND, CA - The Yolo County District Attorney’s Office said late Friday it is consi ...

By Julie McCaffrey WOODLAND, CA - The Yolo County District Attorney’s Office said late Friday it is considering the death penalty for a man arraigned Friday in Yolo County Superior Court for the stabb ...

May 06, 2023
| by Julie McCaffrey

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