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Appellate Court Uses New Felony Murder Law to Remand Case Back to Trial Court for Resentencing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 10, 2022
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Appellate Court Uses New Felony Murder Law to Remand Case Back to Trial Court for Resentencing

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Nathaniel Porter attempted to get resentencing under Penal Code se ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Nathaniel Porter attempted to get resentencing under Penal Code section 1170.95 in 2020, but the court at the time summarily denied the petition on the grounds t ...

January 10, 2022
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Appellate Court Reverses Another Denial of SB 1437 Resentencing Petition

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 06, 2022
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Appellate Court Reverses Another Denial of SB 1437 Resentencing Petition

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA – An appellate court has reversed a trial court de ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA – An appellate court has reversed a trial court decision in the case of Ernesto Mejorado, convicted of first-degree murder and serving three term ...

January 06, 2022
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Appellate Court Rules Trial Court Should Have Granted Relief Under SB 1437 in 25-Year-Old Felony Murder Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 04, 2022
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Appellate Court Rules Trial Court Should Have Granted Relief Under SB 1437 in 25-Year-Old Felony Murder Case

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor An appellate court has overturned a lower court’s decision denying ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor An appellate court has overturned a lower court’s decision denying a man relief under Peanl; Code section 1170.95. That statute, passed under SB 1437, allows a ...

January 04, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 133: Release of Vanderhorst at 46 Years of Wrongful Incarceration

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 06, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 133: Release of Vanderhorst at 46 Years of Wrongful Incarceration

In 2020, the Vanguard covered a series of hearings involving Zachary Vanderhorst, 65, who had been impris ...

In 2020, the Vanguard covered a series of hearings involving Zachary Vanderhorst, 65, who had been imprisoned for 46 years after guilty pleas he made 1974 for crimes he did not commit. A judge after a ...

December 06, 2021
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Demonstrators Call for State Investigation into Court System and County Sheriff’s Departments

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|Date: November 20, 2021
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Demonstrators Call for State Investigation into Court System and County Sheriff’s Departments

by Robert J. Hansen Sacramento, CA - A demonstration was held at the Capital yesterday for Harvest Davids ...

by Robert J. Hansen Sacramento, CA - A demonstration was held at the Capital yesterday for Harvest Davidson, who has been in El Dorado County Jail since 2016, by his mother, friends and activists call ...

November 20, 2021
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Commentary: As We Honor Andy Stephens, Let’s Not Forget an Innocent Man Sits in Prison Blamed for His Death

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 18, 2021
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Commentary: As We Honor Andy Stephens, Let’s Not Forget an Innocent Man Sits in Prison Blamed for His Death

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Yesterday the Yolo County DA’s office tweeted out, ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Yesterday the Yolo County DA’s office tweeted out, “Today we honor the memory of CHP Patrolman Andrew 'Andy' Stevens, who was murdered in the line ...

November 18, 2021
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Defense Still Missing Huge Number of Pages of Discovery in Davidson Case, Potentially Moves to Dismiss

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 16, 2021
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Defense Still Missing Huge Number of Pages of Discovery in Davidson Case, Potentially Moves to Dismiss

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Tahoe City, CA - With the case set to go to trial in December, the ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Tahoe City, CA - With the case set to go to trial in December, the defense in the Harvest Davidson case remains without key discovery. Defense Attorney Hayes Gab ...

November 16, 2021
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Appellate Court Rejects Arguments Of Insufficient Evidence For Conviction nder 1437

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 10, 2021
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Appellate Court Rejects Arguments Of Insufficient Evidence For Conviction nder 1437

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – California’s Third District Appellate Court this ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – California’s Third District Appellate Court this week quickly dismissed arguments by attorneys for Elijah Johnson that insufficient evidence sup ...

November 10, 2021
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‘Tahoe 5’ Incarcerated Man Details 5 Years of Alleged Injustices in El Dorado County from Courts to Media

Posted by Luke Kyaw
|Date: October 31, 2021
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‘Tahoe 5’ Incarcerated Man Details 5 Years of Alleged Injustices in El Dorado County from Courts to Media

By Luke Kyaw and Ankita Joshi SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA - In January 2016, a 100-pound marijuana transaction w ...

By Luke Kyaw and Ankita Joshi SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA - In January 2016, a 100-pound marijuana transaction was scheduled to take place at the Beverly Lodge Hotel in South Lake Tahoe—but, when the deal fe ...

October 31, 2021
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Appellate Court Asked to Overturn Murder Conviction Under 1437

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 25, 2021
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Appellate Court Asked to Overturn Murder Conviction Under 1437

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA - Elijah Johnson was tried and convicted of felony ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA - Elijah Johnson was tried and convicted of felony murder in a shocking killing organized by co-defendant David Nguyen, who personally shot and ki ...

October 25, 2021
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SF Public Defender, Private Attorney Team Up to Exonerate Man Who Spent 46 Years in Prison for a Crime He Didn’t Commit

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|Date: October 22, 2021
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SF Public Defender, Private Attorney Team Up to Exonerate Man Who Spent 46 Years in Prison for a Crime He Didn’t Commit

By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A San Francisco public defender and a private attorney found ...

By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A San Francisco public defender and a private attorney found evidence and witnesses in and outside the U.S. that now has led to charges being vacated agains ...

October 22, 2021
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Resentencing Schedule Set for Another Convicted Murderer Seeking to Have Murder Conviction Vacated

Posted by alexanderramirez
|Date: September 07, 2021
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Resentencing Schedule Set for Another Convicted Murderer Seeking to Have Murder Conviction Vacated

By Alexander Ramirez WOODLAND, CA - Pao Thao—convicted of murder, torture, a couple counts of kidnappin ...

By Alexander Ramirez WOODLAND, CA - Pao Thao—convicted of murder, torture, a couple counts of kidnapping, and intimidating a witness in 1998—has been in Yolo County Superior Court since March in an ...

September 07, 2021
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Supreme Court Issues Major Ruling on Post-Conviction Relief Under SB 1437

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 27, 2021
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Supreme Court Issues Major Ruling on Post-Conviction Relief Under SB 1437

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA - In most states, people who did not actu ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA - In most states, people who did not actually take part in a killing of an individual and may have very little to do with the actual cri ...

July 27, 2021
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Prosecution, Judge Get Defensive over Discovery Requests in 5-Year-Old Davidson Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 26, 2021
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Prosecution, Judge Get Defensive over Discovery Requests in 5-Year-Old Davidson Case

By David M. Greenwald Vanguard Executive Editor SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA - It’s a case that has much notoriet ...

By David M. Greenwald Vanguard Executive Editor SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA - It’s a case that has much notoriety, going forward to the appellate courts on the issue of SB 1437, a law that modifies the state ...

July 26, 2021
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Man’s Murder Conviction Vacated for Crime Committed Nearly 40 Years Ago

Posted by Savannah Dewberry
|Date: July 24, 2021
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Man’s Murder Conviction Vacated for Crime Committed Nearly 40 Years Ago

By Savannah Dewberry OAKLAND, CA – Defendant Gary Daniels was only 17 years old when he was convicted of ...

By Savannah Dewberry OAKLAND, CA – Defendant Gary Daniels was only 17 years old when he was convicted of felony murder, and nearly 40 years later that conviction was vacated here in Alameda County Sup ...

July 24, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 115: Donald Watson’s New Lease on Life Through SB 1437

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 12, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 115: Donald Watson’s New Lease on Life Through SB 1437

Donald Watson was convicted of felony murder but thanks to SB 1437, the law by Nancy Skinner that allows ...

Donald Watson was convicted of felony murder but thanks to SB 1437, the law by Nancy Skinner that allows people convicted of murder who were not the actual killer or major participants to petition for ...

July 12, 2021
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Bill That Would Reform Felony Murder Special Circumstance Law in California Moves Forward

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 25, 2021
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Bill That Would Reform Felony Murder Special Circumstance Law in California Moves Forward

By David M. Greenwald Sacramento, CA – In California one can face life without parole (LWOP) if one is co ...

By David M. Greenwald Sacramento, CA – In California one can face life without parole (LWOP) if one is convicted of murder with special circumstances, even if the person did not kill anyone nor intend ...

May 25, 2021
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Judge Requests Additional Briefing After Hearing of West Sacramento Murderer Seeking Parole

Posted by Lauren Smith
|Date: March 19, 2021
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Judge Requests Additional Briefing After Hearing of West Sacramento Murderer Seeking Parole

By Ankita Joshi WOODLAND, CA – Kenneth Ray Buffer, convicted of murder in 1995, was denied parole on Marc ...

By Ankita Joshi WOODLAND, CA – Kenneth Ray Buffer, convicted of murder in 1995, was denied parole on March 12, 2016, and he’s now appealing that decision here in Yolo County Superior Court. Private de ...

March 19, 2021
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My View: Reisig Finds Himself on the Wrong Side of History and the Law Yet Again

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 27, 2021
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My View: Reisig Finds Himself on the Wrong Side of History and the Law Yet Again

By David M. Greenwald The big news in the criminal justice circles this week was the unanimous California ...

By David M. Greenwald The big news in the criminal justice circles this week was the unanimous California Supreme Court decision that affirmed the constitutionality of SB 1391. This legislation coupl ...

February 27, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Defendant in 2008 Gang Homicide Loses Resentencing Bid Even Though He Didn’t Participate in Murder

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: January 19, 2021
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Defendant in 2008 Gang Homicide Loses Resentencing Bid Even Though He Didn’t Participate in Murder

By Macy Lu SACRAMENTO – In an appeal decision rendered this past week—but related to a sentence made near ...

By Macy Lu SACRAMENTO – In an appeal decision rendered this past week—but related to a sentence made nearly 13 years ago—Judge Kevin J. McCormick ruled that defendant Jaime Torres should still be sent ...

January 19, 2021
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