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Judge Delays Sentencing Despite Mountain of Evidence after Holes in Prosecution Case Appear

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: January 25, 2021
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Judge Delays Sentencing Despite Mountain of Evidence after Holes in Prosecution Case Appear

By Aziza Nussipov SACRAMENTO – The prosecution here in Sacramento County Superior Court last week exhibit ...

By Aziza Nussipov SACRAMENTO – The prosecution here in Sacramento County Superior Court last week exhibited a mountain of apparent evidence against defendant Donny Vargas—but some holes opened up duri ...

January 25, 2021
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Commentary: Chief Pytel Dispels Notion that Pacifico Is Some Sort of Crime Hotspot

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 22, 2021
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Commentary: Chief Pytel Dispels Notion that Pacifico Is Some Sort of Crime Hotspot

By David M. Greenwald I don’t disagree that there are ongoing problems in the area around Pacifico as det ...

By David M. Greenwald I don’t disagree that there are ongoing problems in the area around Pacifico as detailed by a number of neighbors over the last few years, but the link to Pacifico itself has alw ...

January 22, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Davis Police Chief Says Pacifico Is Not a Drug or Crime Hotspot

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 20, 2021
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Davis Police Chief Says Pacifico Is Not a Drug or Crime Hotspot

By David M. Greenwald Council on Tuesday night agreed to move forward with staff recommendations on Pacif ...

By David M. Greenwald Council on Tuesday night agreed to move forward with staff recommendations on Pacifico to take out a new RFP (Request for Proposals) and find new temporary management for the sit ...

January 20, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Research Suggests Mandatory Treatment Ineffective

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 07, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Research Suggests Mandatory Treatment Ineffective

By David M. Greenwald Last week we presented a critique of DA Jeff Reisig’s homelessness proposal. One o ...

By David M. Greenwald Last week we presented a critique of DA Jeff Reisig’s homelessness proposal. One of his more controversial planks was: “Amend California law to mandate state-funded treatment fo ...

December 07, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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SF Public Defender Criticizes Civil Injunctions Aimed at Drug Dealers – Argues They Don’t Solve ‘Actual’ Problem

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 25, 2020
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SF Public Defender Criticizes Civil Injunctions Aimed at Drug Dealers – Argues They Don’t Solve ‘Actual’ Problem

By Pavan Potti SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco Attorney Dennis Herrera recently took a big step in the city ...

By Pavan Potti SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco Attorney Dennis Herrera recently took a big step in the city’s ongoing battle with drug dealing in the neighborhood of Tenderloin by filing civil injunctio ...

September 25, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Drug Prosecutions in Yolo County – Long, Expensive and Unnecessary

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 04, 2018
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My View: Drug Prosecutions in Yolo County – Long, Expensive and Unnecessary

In early 2016, Paul Fullerton had his shop and his home raided by YONET (Yolo Narcotic Enforcement Team). ...

In early 2016, Paul Fullerton had his shop and his home raided by YONET (Yolo Narcotic Enforcement Team). Even though state law changed, it took about two years, plus a huge amount of money and resou ...

August 04, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Police Arrest Substitute Teacher For Being Under Influence, Possession of Cannabis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 09, 2016
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Police Arrest Substitute Teacher For Being Under Influence, Possession of Cannabis

Around 11 am on Tuesday, police were called out to Montgomery Elementary School. According to a communica ...

Around 11 am on Tuesday, police were called out to Montgomery Elementary School. According to a communication from Principal Sally Plicka, “We had a police car at our school, but everyone is safe and ...

March 09, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Judge Holds Three Defendants to Answer on Drug Lab Charges, Gang Activity

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: February 28, 2016
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Judge Holds Three Defendants to Answer on Drug Lab Charges, Gang Activity

By Tiffany Yeh and Misha Berman Israel Junior Covarrubias, Riley Josiah Perez, and Amaris Amiah Rodriguez ...

By Tiffany Yeh and Misha Berman Israel Junior Covarrubias, Riley Josiah Perez, and Amaris Amiah Rodriguez were held to answer on the charges of criminal street gang activity, joint control of manufact ...

February 28, 2016
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Eye on the Courts: Obama’s Turn on Mass Incarceration and Social Justice Issues

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 20, 2015
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Eye on the Courts: Obama’s Turn on Mass Incarceration and Social Justice Issues

As I have stated many times on this site, I was expecting a lot more of President Obama on issues of race ...

As I have stated many times on this site, I was expecting a lot more of President Obama on issues of race and mass incarceration than what we got in his first term to term and a half of office. We hav ...

July 20, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Eye on the Courts: Reforms and the Changing Views on Crime and Punishment

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 10, 2015
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Eye on the Courts: Reforms and the Changing Views on Crime and Punishment

My last two days in court, I observed a couple of interesting things that relate to recent reforms in the ...

My last two days in court, I observed a couple of interesting things that relate to recent reforms in the criminal justice system, as well as the changing views on crime and punishment. On Friday, I w ...

February 10, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Californians Deliver Resounding Message Against Mass Incarceration

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 05, 2014
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Californians Deliver Resounding Message Against Mass Incarceration

It was the clearest signal to date that Californians are fed up with the growing costs and ineffectivenes ...

It was the clearest signal to date that Californians are fed up with the growing costs and ineffectiveness of mass incarceration. Following the passage of Prop. 36 in 2012, which reduced third strike ...

November 05, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Lessons California Can Learn From Red States on Crime and Punishment

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 04, 2014
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Lessons California Can Learn From Red States on Crime and Punishment

Politics makes for strange bedfellows and back in September, the LA Times published an op-ed from former ...

Politics makes for strange bedfellows and back in September, the LA Times published an op-ed from former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and California businessman B. Wayne Hughes JR, founder and chairman ...

November 04, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Perspectives on Proposition 47

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 29, 2014
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Analysis: Perspectives on Proposition 47

On Monday, the Vanguard ran a column called “Scare Tactics and Prop. 47.” We noted that, while it reduces ...

On Monday, the Vanguard ran a column called “Scare Tactics and Prop. 47.” We noted that, while it reduces over-incarceration for largely petty and non-violent offenses, there are concerns, particularl ...

October 29, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Eye on the Courts: Scare Tactics and Prop. 47

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 27, 2014
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Eye on the Courts: Scare Tactics and Prop. 47

Most campaign claims have an element of truth surrounded by a world of gray and ambiguity. That is the ca ...

Most campaign claims have an element of truth surrounded by a world of gray and ambiguity. That is the case of Prop. 47 – a well-intentioned proposal that would end felony incarceration for a host of ...

October 27, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Eye on the Courts: Is Prop 47 The End of Safe Neighborhoods or Critical Prison Reform?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 20, 2014
| (21) Comments

Eye on the Courts: Is Prop 47 The End of Safe Neighborhoods or Critical Prison Reform?

Under Proposition 47, the state would reduce to misdemeanors offenses for drug possession, petty theft, r ...

Under Proposition 47, the state would reduce to misdemeanors offenses for drug possession, petty theft, receiving stolen property or writing bad checks, when the amount involved is less than $950. It ...

October 20, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Key Testimony in YONET Drug Case

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: June 27, 2014
| (1) Comment

Key Testimony in YONET Drug Case

By Justine Joya The case of Andrea Collins and Vincent Felix continued yesterday morning, with Agent Diaz ...

By Justine Joya The case of Andrea Collins and Vincent Felix continued yesterday morning, with Agent Diaz on the stand. Ms. Collins and Mr. Felix are being charged with possession of illegal drugs and ...

June 27, 2014
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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