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Judge Confirms Yolo DA and Sheriff’s Deputies Knowingly Failed to Investigate, Complicating Prosecution

Posted by Jonathan Lewis
|Date: March 13, 2023
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Judge Confirms Yolo DA and Sheriff’s Deputies Knowingly Failed to Investigate, Complicating Prosecution

By Jonathan Lewis WOODLAND, CA – Judge Sonia Cortés affirmed defense claims last Friday the Yolo County S ...

By Jonathan Lewis WOODLAND, CA – Judge Sonia Cortés affirmed defense claims last Friday the Yolo County Sheriff’s Office and Yolo County District Attorney’s Office knowingly failed to investigate whet ...

March 13, 2023
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Defense Argues Accused’s Right to Speedy Trial Violated because of Delays

Posted by Cynthia Hoang-Duong
|Date: January 26, 2023
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Defense Argues Accused’s Right to Speedy Trial Violated because of Delays

By Cynthia Hoang-Duong WOODLAND, CA - While addressing prosecution and defense pretrial motions in Yolo C ...

By Cynthia Hoang-Duong WOODLAND, CA - While addressing prosecution and defense pretrial motions in Yolo County Superior Court Dept. 8 this week, Judge Peter M. Williams denied the defense motion to di ...

January 26, 2023
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Despite ‘Homelessness,’ Inclement Weather, Court Delays Decision in Alleged Parole Misdemeanor Case

Posted by Audrey Sawyer
|Date: January 18, 2023
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Despite ‘Homelessness,’ Inclement Weather, Court Delays Decision in Alleged Parole Misdemeanor Case

By Audrey Sawyer and Hailey Cairns WOODLAND, CA - A man recently now facing revocation of parole because ...

By Audrey Sawyer and Hailey Cairns WOODLAND, CA - A man recently now facing revocation of parole because he allegedly didn’t register as a sex offender, a misdemeanor, will be left homeless, stranded ...

January 18, 2023
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Court Moves Basha Off Dependency Cases at His Request

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 28, 2017
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Court Moves Basha Off Dependency Cases at His Request

On Tuesday the County Board of Supervisors joined Matt Rexroad in supporting a potential blanket Code of ...

On Tuesday the County Board of Supervisors joined Matt Rexroad in supporting a potential blanket Code of Civil Procedure section 170.6 motion to recuse Judge Steven Basha from all juvenile dependency ...

April 28, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Deputy Public Defender Tells Jury to Acquit Accused on Primary Battery Charge

UC Berkeley Shuts Libraries: Student Outcry Grows

Judge Confirms Yolo DA and Sheriff’s Deputies Knowingly Failed to Investigate, Complicating Prosecution

Judge Confirms Yolo DA and Sheriff’s Deputies Knowingly Failed to Investigate, Complicating Prosecution

Defense Argues Accused’s Right to Speedy Trial Violated because of Delays

Defense Argues Accused’s Right to Speedy Trial Violated because of Delays

Despite ‘Homelessness,’ Inclement Weather, Court Delays Decision in Alleged Parole Misdemeanor Case

Despite ‘Homelessness,’ Inclement Weather, Court Delays Decision in Alleged Parole Misdemeanor Case

Court Moves Basha Off Dependency Cases at His Request

Court Moves Basha Off Dependency Cases at His Request

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