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COURT WATCH: Deputy Public Defender Requests Accused Be Released to Care of Father, Citing Lack of Mental Health Facilities Available – Judge Agrees

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: November 05, 2023
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COURT WATCH: Deputy Public Defender Requests Accused Be Released to Care of Father, Citing Lack of Mental Health Facilities Available – Judge Agrees

By Nico Ludwig-Stock WOODLAND, CA – Deputy Public Defender Aram Davtyan, in Yolo County Superior Court la ...

By Nico Ludwig-Stock WOODLAND, CA – Deputy Public Defender Aram Davtyan, in Yolo County Superior Court last week, successfully argued the prosecution’s request for long term mental health care as a co ...

November 05, 2023
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BREAKING… Jury Acquits Justin Gonzalez in Retrial

Posted by Audrey Sawyer
|Date: November 01, 2023
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BREAKING… Jury Acquits Justin Gonzalez in Retrial

by David M. Greenwald Executive Editor After just over a day of deliberations, a Yolo County jury deliver ...

by David M. Greenwald Executive Editor After just over a day of deliberations, a Yolo County jury delivered a single verdict of not guilty on second degree murder, acquitting Justin Gonzalez. Gonzalez ...

November 01, 2023
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COURT WATCH: Gonzalez Murder Retrial Proceeds with New Witness, and Original Trial Testimony of Impeached Witnesses Read to Jury

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: October 26, 2023
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COURT WATCH: Gonzalez Murder Retrial Proceeds with New Witness, and Original Trial Testimony of Impeached Witnesses Read to Jury

By Kristin Trent WOODLAND, CA – The Justin Gonzalez jury retrial reconvened here in Yolo County Superior ...

By Kristin Trent WOODLAND, CA – The Justin Gonzalez jury retrial reconvened here in Yolo County Superior Court Wednesday, and focused on one live witness, a police report and the reading of previous t ...

October 26, 2023
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COURT WATCH: Witnesses ‘Not Sure’ about Testifying Truthfully in Gonzalez Murder Trial

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|Date: October 18, 2023
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COURT WATCH: Witnesses ‘Not Sure’ about Testifying Truthfully in Gonzalez Murder Trial

By Kaveh Nasseri, Frances Eusebio and Madison Whittemore WOODLAND, CA - New witnesses testified in the ju ...

By Kaveh Nasseri, Frances Eusebio and Madison Whittemore WOODLAND, CA - New witnesses testified in the jury retrial of Justin Gonzalez here Tuesday in Yolo County Superior Court, and one—Raquel Ponce, ...

October 18, 2023
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COURT WATCH: Witness in Gonzalez Jury Trial Admits ‘Not Sharing Entire Truth’ in Prior Hearing and When She Told Officers She Was ‘Black Out Drunk’

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 17, 2023
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COURT WATCH: Witness in Gonzalez Jury Trial Admits ‘Not Sharing Entire Truth’ in Prior Hearing and When She Told Officers She Was ‘Black Out Drunk’

By Audrey Sawyer WOODLAND, CA — Justin Gonzalez was found by a jury to be guilty of second degree murder ...

By Audrey Sawyer WOODLAND, CA — Justin Gonzalez was found by a jury to be guilty of second degree murder with Alexis Velazquez in 2018, but the murder conviction was recently overturned five years aft ...

October 17, 2023
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COURT WATCH: DA’s in Butte Push Back Against Release

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 15, 2023
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COURT WATCH: DA’s in Butte Push Back Against Release

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oroville, CA – In multiple cases on Thursday morning in Butte Coun ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oroville, CA – In multiple cases on Thursday morning in Butte County Court, the DA’s office pushed back against attempts by defense to get their client’s release ...

September 15, 2023
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Court Order Commitment of Dominguez to State Hospital

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 18, 2023
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Court Order Commitment of Dominguez to State Hospital

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Following the concession by the DA’s office a few w ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Following the concession by the DA’s office a few weeks ago, Judge Sam McAdam ordered Carlos Dominguez, accused of two murders in Davis in April, ...

August 18, 2023
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Amador County Judge Denies Racial Justice Act Motion in Case Where Complaining Witness Made Slur against Romani Man

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 17, 2023
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Amador County Judge Denies Racial Justice Act Motion in Case Where Complaining Witness Made Slur against Romani Man

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Jackson, CA - Amador County Judge Renee Day quickly dismissed a de ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Jackson, CA - Amador County Judge Renee Day quickly dismissed a defense motion under the Racial Justice Act to dismiss a misdemeanor against a young aspiring pav ...

August 17, 2023
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Prosecution Suddenly Reverses Course, Concedes Dominguez Not Competent to Stand Trial

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: August 04, 2023
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Prosecution Suddenly Reverses Course, Concedes Dominguez Not Competent to Stand Trial

Judge Issues Medication Order After Psychiatrists’ Diagnosis, Dominguez’s Refusal of Medication By Cynthi ...

Judge Issues Medication Order After Psychiatrists’ Diagnosis, Dominguez’s Refusal of Medication By Cynthia Hoang-Duong and Ximena Cesa WOODLAND, CA - After a week of a jury competency trial, the Yolo ...

August 04, 2023
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COURT WATCH: Accused Claiming Running Late for Work Now Has Trial Date for Multiple Charges

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: August 03, 2023
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COURT WATCH: Accused Claiming Running Late for Work Now Has Trial Date for Multiple Charges

By Adam Solorzano WOODLAND, CA - Judge Samuel McAdam heard heavy arguments from the prosecution in a case ...

By Adam Solorzano WOODLAND, CA - Judge Samuel McAdam heard heavy arguments from the prosecution in a case here in Yolo County Superior Court this week involving charges of murder, vehicular manslaught ...

August 03, 2023
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COURT WATCH: Yolo Man Remains Behind Bars as Yolo Judge Ponders Bail after Overturned Jury Verdict

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: August 01, 2023
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COURT WATCH: Yolo Man Remains Behind Bars as Yolo Judge Ponders Bail after Overturned Jury Verdict

By Gabriel Johnson and Rena Abdusalam WOODLAND, CA - During Justin Gonzalez’s bail hearing Monday here in ...

By Gabriel Johnson and Rena Abdusalam WOODLAND, CA - During Justin Gonzalez’s bail hearing Monday here in Yolo County Superior Court, Judge Sam McAdam postponed his decision regarding the accused’s ba ...

August 01, 2023
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Expert Witness Diagnoses Alleged Davis Stabbing Suspect with Schizophrenia

Posted by Cynthia Hoang-Duong
|Date: July 28, 2023
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Expert Witness Diagnoses Alleged Davis Stabbing Suspect with Schizophrenia

By Cynthia Hoang-Duong WOODLAND, CA — “Mr. Dominguez is a textbook example of schizophrenia,” concluded a ...

By Cynthia Hoang-Duong WOODLAND, CA — “Mr. Dominguez is a textbook example of schizophrenia,” concluded a psychologist at Thursday’s competency jury trial for alleged Davis stabbing suspect Carlos Dom ...

July 28, 2023
| by Cynthia Hoang-Duong

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Friends, Mental Health Clinicians Testify to ‘Bizarre’ Behavior of Alleged Davis Serial Stabber in Competency Trial

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: July 27, 2023
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Friends, Mental Health Clinicians Testify to ‘Bizarre’ Behavior of Alleged Davis Serial Stabber in Competency Trial

By Madison Whittemore and Holly Werris WOODLAND, CA – The trial for determining the mental competency of ...

By Madison Whittemore and Holly Werris WOODLAND, CA – The trial for determining the mental competency of Carlos Dominguez—allegedly responsible for the stabbing rampage in Davis earlier this year—reco ...

July 27, 2023
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Stanislaus Judge Finds after Lengthy Proceeding Man Not Competent to Stand Trial

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 24, 2023
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Stanislaus Judge Finds after Lengthy Proceeding Man Not Competent to Stand Trial

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Modesto, CA – It was a battle of three court appointed experts—two ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Modesto, CA – It was a battle of three court appointed experts—two of whom deemed a man competent to stand trial, but the third and most recent found the man's a ...

July 24, 2023
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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
| by David Greenwald

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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
| by David Greenwald

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Riverside Judge Denies Motion to Strike Death Penalty under Racial Justice Act

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 27, 2023
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Riverside Judge Denies Motion to Strike Death Penalty under Racial Justice Act

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Riverside, CA – On Friday, Riverside Superior Court Judge Bernard ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Riverside, CA – On Friday, Riverside Superior Court Judge Bernard Schwartz rejected the defense and ACLU’s arguments that the Racial Justice Act and a history of ...

February 27, 2023
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Man Held in Custody Until March Trial after Court Finds He’s Living with Victim of Attempted Murder

Posted by Citlalli Florez
|Date: January 27, 2023
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Man Held in Custody Until March Trial after Court Finds He’s Living with Victim of Attempted Murder

By Citlalli Florez MODESTO, CA - A man accused of a misdemeanor and multiple felonies in two cases was pu ...

By Citlalli Florez MODESTO, CA - A man accused of a misdemeanor and multiple felonies in two cases was put back into custody with no bail here this week in Stanislaus County Superior Court—he is accus ...

January 27, 2023
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Adnan Syed Released from Prison after Judge Vacates Murder Conviction

Posted by Ariel Peterson
|Date: October 03, 2022
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Adnan Syed Released from Prison after Judge Vacates Murder Conviction

By Ariel Peterson BALTIMORE, MD—After spending 23 years in prison, Adnan Syed was released this mo ...

By Ariel Peterson BALTIMORE, MD—After spending 23 years in prison, Adnan Syed was released this month following a Baltimore Circuit Court judge’s decision to vacate his conviction based on the ...

October 03, 2022
| by Ariel Peterson

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Vanguard Interns Recount Their Greatest Injustice

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 03, 2022
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Vanguard Interns Recount Their Greatest Injustice

(Editor’s note: We asked our interns a few months ago to talk about the greatest injustice they saw in th ...

(Editor’s note: We asked our interns a few months ago to talk about the greatest injustice they saw in the courthouse. Here are a few that we pulled together) LUKE KYAW The greatest injustice I ever ...

September 03, 2022
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