Last week the Vanguard reported that the defense in the Michael Artz trial was moving to disqualify Judge Mock, based on his purported non-disclosure of his relationship to retired Chief Deputy DA Ann ...

Judge Richardson Denies Six Month Continuance, but Pushes Back Trial At Least Until January 2011 - Judge Paul Richardson denied the motion of Marco Topete, acting as his pro per counsel, a motion to c ...

A Yolo County jury found a Sacramento man guilty in the 2009 beating of a West Sacramento man.  On Wednesday, the jury reached a verdict, convicting Michael Romero of attempted murder along with gang ...

It has been more than a month since Davis resident Michael Artz was acquitted of the most serious charge he had faced, stemming from a couple incidents that occurred in high school in which he was all ...

When the District Attorney's Office was able to gain a preliminary gang injunction, it was based in large part upon declarations from West Sacramento Police Officers.  One of the key officers was the ...

Daily Democrat Reports in Column: "Reisig and the county are said to be discussing taking some kind of action against Greenwald." For those who missed it, Jake Dorsey's swan song last week at the Dail ...

While taking a break from watching the West Sacramento Gang Injunction case, I walked into the trial of Michael Romero, who is on trial accused of severely beating his victim in an incident that stemm ...

A lengthy Yolo County murder trial ended on Friday morning, with seven jurors voting to acquit and five to convict Jesus Solis, who stood accused of shooting and killing an individual named Jesus Cort ...

The defense of Marco Topete, accused of the 2008 shooting of Yolo County Sheriff's Deputy Tony Diaz, suffered another blow when the motion to disqualify Judge Paul Richardson was denied Friday by Judg ...

Deputy Public Defender Dan Hutchinson has filed a motion in Yolo County Court asking for a dismissal of additional charges against Jesus Arias on grounds that Deputy DA Ryan Couzens was engaged in mal ...

A Closer Look at Flaws in the Criminal Justice System - It was Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger who issued a reprieve to Albert Greenwood Brown for a day, to resolve conflicting legal deadlines.The stat ...

In March of 2010, District Attorney Jeff Reisig made the startling announcement that nearly a third of the DA's Office is funded by grants designated for investigating and prosecuting different areas ...

For the first time in four years California is likely to execute an inmate on death row, as the final hurdles were cleared Friday when U.S. District Court Judge Jeremy Fogel refused to block the execu ...

In March 2008, a Bench-Bar-Media committee was formed by California Chief Justice Ronald M. George,  in order to foster improved understanding and working relationships among California judges, lawyer ...

The Yolo County Superior Court announced yesterday a new program that will encourage citizen participation on juries, increasing the pool of potential jurors jurors by contacting those residents who h ...

In early September, a Yolo County Jury found Roman Ibanez guilty of three counts - felony conspiracy to commit burglary, misdemeanor resisting or obstructing a peace officer, and misdemeanor possessio ...

On Tuesday, the Vanguard reported that Marco Topete, who stands trial for the 2008 shooting death of Sheriff's Deputy Tony Diaz, moved to disqualify Judge Paul Richardson, citing questionable and bias ...

In one case the deceased individual is not dead and in the other a key witness asks where the shooter is - This has probably not been the best of weeks for the DA's Office, in terms of two cases that ...

We have spent the last few weeks criticizing the Woodland Daily Democrats' coverage of the court system, but they deserve credit for breaking what could develop into a major story.  Covering the arrai ...

Now we have really done it, we started the debate on media coverage and now the DA has been forced to weigh in on it.  Our complaint was reignited a few weeks ago when the DA released a press release ...