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Preliminary Hearing: Bodycam Footage Appears to Show Former Officer Fired Despite Victim’s Hands Being Raised

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|Date: January 25, 2023
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Preliminary Hearing: Bodycam Footage Appears to Show Former Officer Fired Despite Victim’s Hands Being Raised

By Jariah Moore MODESTO, CA - Bodycam footage of the encounter between former Police Officer Joseph Laman ...

By Jariah Moore MODESTO, CA - Bodycam footage of the encounter between former Police Officer Joseph Lamantia and a victim revealed in a hearing here in Stanislaus County Superior Court this week appea ...

January 25, 2023
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Statements of Accused’s Mother, Victim Conflict During Preliminary Hearing

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|Date: January 19, 2023
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Statements of Accused’s Mother, Victim Conflict During Preliminary Hearing

By Paloma Sifuentes MODESTO, CA - Testimony of the victim and the accused’s mother—also the victim’s moth ...

By Paloma Sifuentes MODESTO, CA - Testimony of the victim and the accused’s mother—also the victim’s mother—conflicted here this week in Stanislaus County Superior Court in the preliminary hearing for ...

January 19, 2023
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Defense Attorney Argues District Attorney Investigator Shouldn’t Handle Key Evidence

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|Date: October 25, 2022
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Defense Attorney Argues District Attorney Investigator Shouldn’t Handle Key Evidence

By Citlalli Florez MODESTO, CA - The defense here in Stanislaus County Superior Court last week asked tha ...

By Citlalli Florez MODESTO, CA - The defense here in Stanislaus County Superior Court last week asked that a district attorney’s investigator not be allowed to handle key evidence—in the end, the judg ...

October 25, 2022
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Judge Grants Continuance for Man in Drug Rehab on Word of Defense Attorney

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|Date: October 24, 2022
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Judge Grants Continuance for Man in Drug Rehab on Word of Defense Attorney

By Michael Apfel MODESTO, CA - In a late Friday afternoon early case management conference in Stanislaus ...

By Michael Apfel MODESTO, CA - In a late Friday afternoon early case management conference in Stanislaus County Superior Court, Judge Carrie Stephens agreed to a continuance and not to forfeit Benjami ...

October 24, 2022
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Repeat Offender Accused of Grand Theft Auto Pleads No Contest, Judge Offers Lenient Sentence for Accused’s Cooperation

Posted by Michael Apfel
|Date: October 10, 2022
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Repeat Offender Accused of Grand Theft Auto Pleads No Contest, Judge Offers Lenient Sentence for Accused’s Cooperation

By Fatimah Patel and Michael Apfel MODESTO, CA - Judge Carrie Stephens accepted John William Merritt Shar ...

By Fatimah Patel and Michael Apfel MODESTO, CA - Judge Carrie Stephens accepted John William Merritt Sharp’s no contest plea here in Stanislaus County Superior Court late last week, and meted out a li ...

October 10, 2022
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Man Claims Unlawful Search, but Judge Sets Trial Anyway in Drug Case

Posted by Veronica Miller
|Date: July 06, 2022
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Man Claims Unlawful Search, but Judge Sets Trial Anyway in Drug Case

By Veronica Miller MODESTO, CA - Although the accused complained arresting officers conducted an unlawful ...

By Veronica Miller MODESTO, CA - Although the accused complained arresting officers conducted an unlawful search, Judge Carrie Stephens found a drug-related felony case against Shawn Reid should be se ...

July 06, 2022
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Judge, Defense Attorney Spar Over Setting Preliminary Hearing Date; Accused Languishes in Jail

Posted by Nora Dahl
|Date: May 13, 2022
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Judge, Defense Attorney Spar Over Setting Preliminary Hearing Date; Accused Languishes in Jail

By Nora Dahl MODESTO, CA – Ricardo Rivera, sitting in jail with bail of $300,000 on felony assault with a ...

By Nora Dahl MODESTO, CA – Ricardo Rivera, sitting in jail with bail of $300,000 on felony assault with a deadly weapon charges, had a pretrial hearing here this week in Stanislaus County Superior Cou ...

May 13, 2022
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Civil Rights Group Wants ‘Transparent, Independent’ Tracy Cop Shooting Probe

Progressive Philly DA Krasner Praises Investigation of Memphis Police in Beating Death of Tyre Nichols

Tyre Nichols’ Family Presser Notes Swift Probe/Charging of Police Precedent, Need for ‘Tyre Law’

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Chancellor May and UCD Police Chief React to Tyre Nichols

ACLU Decries Police Killing of Tyre Nichols, ‘Trauma’ that ‘Falls Disproportionately and Repeatedly on Communities of Color’

White Supremacy ‘System’ Rooted in Killing of Former Sacramentan Tyre Nichols, Charges Sacramento NAACP

State Bar of California Charging Trump Supporter and Attorney John Eastman on Multiple Disciplinary Counts

Preliminary Hearing: Bodycam Footage Appears to Show Former Officer Fired Despite Victim’s Hands Being Raised

Preliminary Hearing: Bodycam Footage Appears to Show Former Officer Fired Despite Victim’s Hands Being Raised

Statements of Accused’s Mother, Victim Conflict During Preliminary Hearing

Statements of Accused’s Mother, Victim Conflict During Preliminary Hearing

Defense Attorney Argues District Attorney Investigator Shouldn’t Handle Key Evidence

Defense Attorney Argues District Attorney Investigator Shouldn’t Handle Key Evidence

Judge Grants Continuance for Man in Drug Rehab on Word of Defense Attorney

Judge Grants Continuance for Man in Drug Rehab on Word of Defense Attorney

Repeat Offender Accused of Grand Theft Auto Pleads No Contest, Judge Offers Lenient Sentence for Accused’s Cooperation

Repeat Offender Accused of Grand Theft Auto Pleads No Contest, Judge Offers Lenient Sentence for Accused’s Cooperation

Man Claims Unlawful Search, but Judge Sets Trial Anyway in Drug Case

Man Claims Unlawful Search, but Judge Sets Trial Anyway in Drug Case

Judge, Defense Attorney Spar Over Setting Preliminary Hearing Date; Accused Languishes in Jail

Judge, Defense Attorney Spar Over Setting Preliminary Hearing Date; Accused Languishes in Jail

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