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Justin Gonzalez Case Comes Back to Yolo after Murder Conviction Overturned

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 01, 2023
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Justin Gonzalez Case Comes Back to Yolo after Murder Conviction Overturned

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Five years after Justin Gonzalez and Alexis Velazqu ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Five years after Justin Gonzalez and Alexis Velazquez were convicted of murdering Ronald Antonio at Case del Sol in Woodland, the murder convictio ...

March 01, 2023
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Third Appellate Court Hears Direct Appeal for Justin Gonzales in Casa Del Sol Murder

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 19, 2021
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Third Appellate Court Hears Direct Appeal for Justin Gonzales in Casa Del Sol Murder

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – A three judge panel for the 3rd District Court of ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – A three judge panel for the 3rd District Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in the direct appeal of Justin Gonzales, who in 2018 was sentence ...

October 19, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: The Truth Comes Out in KetMoRee but Only As an Afterthought

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 18, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: The Truth Comes Out in KetMoRee but Only As an Afterthought

I kept asking the question as to why the DA outright dropped the charges against the five co-defendants. ...

I kept asking the question as to why the DA outright dropped the charges against the five co-defendants. It didn’t make sense given the modus operandi of this DA’s office. As I wrote at the time, “Fr ...

February 18, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: This Is What a Wrongful Conviction Looks Like

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 11, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: This Is What a Wrongful Conviction Looks Like

In the summer of 2009, the Vanguard still only a few years old, I got a call from a family to come out an ...

In the summer of 2009, the Vanguard still only a few years old, I got a call from a family to come out and meet with them at their home in Carmichael. Little did I realize at the time that this was o ...

February 11, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Gonzalez Proclaims His Innocence but Sentenced to 70 to Life

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 10, 2018
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Gonzalez Proclaims His Innocence but Sentenced to 70 to Life

Judge Daniel P. Maguire acknowledged he was troubled that he was holding a CD with a recording that the d ...

Judge Daniel P. Maguire acknowledged he was troubled that he was holding a CD with a recording that the defense did not have access to during the trial. However, he ended up ruling that, given the th ...

February 10, 2018
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Velazquez Receives Life without Parole, but Judge Wants More in Gonzalez Motion

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 27, 2018
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Velazquez Receives Life without Parole, but Judge Wants More in Gonzalez Motion

In early December, Alexis Velazquez was convicted of first degree murder along with special circumstances ...

In early December, Alexis Velazquez was convicted of first degree murder along with special circumstances and enhancements in the stabbing death of Ronald Antonio of Woodland in 2016. Family members g ...

January 27, 2018
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Commentary: Did the DA Commit Prosecutorial Misconduct in Justin Gonzalez Trial?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 25, 2018
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Commentary: Did the DA Commit Prosecutorial Misconduct in Justin Gonzalez Trial?

In early December, a Yolo County jury convicted Alexis Velazquez of first degree murder and Justin Gonzal ...

In early December, a Yolo County jury convicted Alexis Velazquez of first degree murder and Justin Gonzalez of second degree murder in the stabbing death of Ronald Antonio in Woodland last year. When ...

January 25, 2018
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Guest Commentary: Justin Gonzalez Case Demonstrates Judicial Inequities

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 24, 2018
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Guest Commentary: Justin Gonzalez Case Demonstrates Judicial Inequities

By Megan Raschig California has made great strides in criminal justice reform in past years, eliminating ...

By Megan Raschig California has made great strides in criminal justice reform in past years, eliminating three strikes and reworking unjust sentencing laws and budgetary priorities among other progres ...

January 24, 2018
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Attorney Charges Prosecutorial Misconduct in New Motion in the Case Del Sol Trial

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 18, 2018
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Attorney Charges Prosecutorial Misconduct in New Motion in the Case Del Sol Trial

A week ago, the family of Justin Gonzalez held a press conference to dispute the jury verdict from Decemb ...

A week ago, the family of Justin Gonzalez held a press conference to dispute the jury verdict from December which found him guilty of second degree murder with gang charges. He awaits sentencing on J ...

January 18, 2018
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Families Call for Justice in Two Recent Wrongful Conviction Cases in Yolo County

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 09, 2018
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Families Call for Justice in Two Recent Wrongful Conviction Cases in Yolo County

The families of two men they believe to have been wrongfully convicted called out for justice on Monday i ...

The families of two men they believe to have been wrongfully convicted called out for justice on Monday in front of Yolo County Superior Court during a steady rain. Justin Gonzalez was convicted of m ...

January 09, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: Classic Wrongful Conviction Problems Punctuate Gonzalez Conviction

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 24, 2017
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Sunday Commentary: Classic Wrongful Conviction Problems Punctuate Gonzalez Conviction

When we talked with Attorney Keith Staten, who represented Justin Gonzalez in the Case Del Sol murder cas ...

When we talked with Attorney Keith Staten, who represented Justin Gonzalez in the Case Del Sol murder case that ended with Mr. Gonzalez’ conviction for second degree murder, Mr. Staten was legitimatel ...

December 24, 2017
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Attorney Says Casa Del Sol Co-Defendant Was Wrongly Convicted

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 19, 2017
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Attorney Says Casa Del Sol Co-Defendant Was Wrongly Convicted

Last week, a Yolo County jury convicted Alexis Velazquez of first degree murder, and Justin Gonzalez was ...

Last week, a Yolo County jury convicted Alexis Velazquez of first degree murder, and Justin Gonzalez was found guilty of second degree murder in the stabbing of Ronald Antonio in Woodland last year. T ...

December 19, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Another Wrongful Conviction in Yolo?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 15, 2017
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Commentary: Another Wrongful Conviction in Yolo?

We first covered Justin Gonzalez in 2013 when the then-19-year-old Woodland resident was accused in a gan ...

We first covered Justin Gonzalez in 2013 when the then-19-year-old Woodland resident was accused in a gang robbery that from the start seemed way overcharged and, to compound matters, had identificati ...

December 15, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Co-Defendants Convicted of Murder in Casa Del Sol Trial

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: December 14, 2017
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Co-Defendants Convicted of Murder in Casa Del Sol Trial

The jury returned on Wednesday after more than three days of deliberation and returned a verdict of first ...

The jury returned on Wednesday after more than three days of deliberation and returned a verdict of first degree murder for Alexis Velazquez, and then found Justin Gonzalez guilty of the lesser offens ...

December 14, 2017
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Testimony Concludes in Casa Del Sol Case

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: December 07, 2017
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Testimony Concludes in Casa Del Sol Case

By Esmeralda Figueroa On Wednesday morning, the jury trial for the 2016 stabbing death of Ronald Antonio ...

By Esmeralda Figueroa On Wednesday morning, the jury trial for the 2016 stabbing death of Ronald Antonio reconvened. Alexis Velazquez and Justin Gonzalez are charged with murder and numerous gang enha ...

December 07, 2017
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Co-Defendant in Casa Del Sol Murder Trial Cuts Deal, Testifies for Prosecution

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: December 05, 2017
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Co-Defendant in Casa Del Sol Murder Trial Cuts Deal, Testifies for Prosecution

by Esmeralda Figueroa and Edward Garcia Casa Del Sol Murder Case Testimony Continues By Esmeralda Figuero ...

by Esmeralda Figueroa and Edward Garcia Casa Del Sol Murder Case Testimony Continues By Esmeralda Figueroa On Monday morning the trial resumed for co-defendants Alexis Velazquez, Justin Gonzalez and R ...

December 05, 2017
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Officer Testimony Continues in Casa Del Sol Murder Trial

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: November 30, 2017
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Officer Testimony Continues in Casa Del Sol Murder Trial

by Clara Zhao and Edward Garcia Casa Del Sol murder trial resumes By Clara Zhao On Nov 29, the trial for ...

by Clara Zhao and Edward Garcia Casa Del Sol murder trial resumes By Clara Zhao On Nov 29, the trial for the Casa Del Sol murder case resumed in Department 10 of the Yolo County Superior Court. The th ...

November 30, 2017
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Witnesses Testify in Gang-Related Murder Trial

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: November 29, 2017
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Witnesses Testify in Gang-Related Murder Trial

by Kelsey Landon and Hannah Poploskie Gang-Related Murder Trial Resumes with Witness Testimony By Kelsey ...

by Kelsey Landon and Hannah Poploskie Gang-Related Murder Trial Resumes with Witness Testimony By Kelsey Landon The jury trial for defendants Justin Matthew Gonzalez, Alexis Ivan Velazquez, and Ruby A ...

November 29, 2017
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Court Watch Briefs: Casa Del Sol Stabbing Trial Close to Commencing

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: October 28, 2017
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Court Watch Briefs: Casa Del Sol Stabbing Trial Close to Commencing

By Esmeralda Figueroa and Mary Nguyen Casa Del Sol Stabbing Trial Close to Commencing By Esmeralda Figuer ...

By Esmeralda Figueroa and Mary Nguyen Casa Del Sol Stabbing Trial Close to Commencing By Esmeralda Figueroa Woodland residents are being charged with the murder of Ronald Antonio. Alexis Ivan Velazque ...

October 28, 2017
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