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Monday Morning Thoughts: Marsh Is the Extreme Example of Juvenile Crime; This Is More Typical

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 24, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Marsh Is the Extreme Example of Juvenile Crime; This Is More Typical

On January 24, 2011, a white male in his twenties, a musician in a band, was walking home at 10:30 pm on ...

On January 24, 2011, a white male in his twenties, a musician in a band, was walking home at 10:30 pm on a Monday night in West Sacramento. He was stopped by a person in a Michael Jordan jersey who a ...

September 24, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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District Attorney’s Office Warns of Rental Scam

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 11, 2018
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District Attorney’s Office Warns of Rental Scam

The District Attorney’s office sent out a press release on Tuesday warning residents to be cautious of re ...

The District Attorney’s office sent out a press release on Tuesday warning residents to be cautious of rental unit scams targeting individuals who are looking for rental property. According to the rel ...

July 11, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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King’s Publication Finds Reisig Circumventing Prop 47 with Felony Charges

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 05, 2018
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King’s Publication Finds Reisig Circumventing Prop 47 with Felony Charges

National progressive organizations are paying attention to the Yolo County DA’s race now. Shaun King’s p ...

National progressive organizations are paying attention to the Yolo County DA’s race now. Shaun King’s publication, the Appeal, has a June 4 article, “Is the Yolo County District Attorney Betraying C ...

June 05, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: What Went Wrong in the Criminal Prosecution of Eric Pape

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 14, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: What Went Wrong in the Criminal Prosecution of Eric Pape

Last week the Vanguard broke the tragic news about the death of Eric Pape. The most tragic aspect of the ...

Last week the Vanguard broke the tragic news about the death of Eric Pape. The most tragic aspect of the death of Mr. Pape is not only was it avoidable, it was foreseeable. While the DA’s race has b ...

May 14, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Top Northern California Democrats Out of Touch with People and Party (Corrected Version)

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 26, 2018
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Top Northern California Democrats Out of Touch with People and Party (Corrected Version)

By Bennett Pollack-Reeber By Bennett Pollack-Reeber State Assemblywoman Cecilia Aguiar-Curry and State Se ...

By Bennett Pollack-Reeber By Bennett Pollack-Reeber State Assemblywoman Cecilia Aguiar-Curry and State Senator Bill Dodd’s failure to endorse Dean Johansson, the Democrat in the Yolo County District A ...

April 26, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Reisig a No-Show at King Hall Law School Candidates Forum

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 06, 2018
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Reisig a No-Show at King Hall Law School Candidates Forum

Students at UC Davis’ Law School invited both DA candidates to participate in a candidates forum. Challe ...

Students at UC Davis’ Law School invited both DA candidates to participate in a candidates forum. Challenger Dean Johansson showed up, but incumbent Jeff Reisig was once again a no-show, never respon ...

April 06, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Did Reisig Find Election-Year Religion on Prop 64?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 17, 2018
| (5) Comments

My View: Did Reisig Find Election-Year Religion on Prop 64?

Earlier this week, following the lead of San Francisco from earlier this year, the Yolo County District A ...

Earlier this week, following the lead of San Francisco from earlier this year, the Yolo County District Attorney announced he “plans to partner with the Public Defender to expedite relief to those wit ...

March 17, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Can Johansson Beat Reisig?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 25, 2018
| (14) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Can Johansson Beat Reisig?

I keep getting asked, can Dean Johansson beat Jeff Reisig? History runs against Dean Johansson. This re ...

I keep getting asked, can Dean Johansson beat Jeff Reisig? History runs against Dean Johansson. This remains the case, despite the fact that on paper Yolo County would seem to be receptive to a more ...

February 25, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Appeals Court Quickly Dispatches Gang Injunction Challenge

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 01, 2017
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Appeals Court Quickly Dispatches Gang Injunction Challenge

It was only a week ago that it seemed that the Gang Injunction had a decent chance of being overturned. ...

It was only a week ago that it seemed that the Gang Injunction had a decent chance of being overturned. After all, the district attorney’s office, during the six-month gang injunction trial in the su ...

March 01, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Oral Arguments in Gang Injunction Appeal Before 3rd DCA

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 24, 2017
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Oral Arguments in Gang Injunction Appeal Before 3rd DCA

On Wednesday a three-judge panel of the 3rd District Court of Appeals (DCA) heard oral arguments by appel ...

On Wednesday a three-judge panel of the 3rd District Court of Appeals (DCA) heard oral arguments by appellate attorney Cathleen Williams representing eight of the original parties to the Gang Injuncti ...

February 24, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: We May Have Narrowly Averted Something Catastrophic

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 16, 2017
| (14) Comments

Commentary: We May Have Narrowly Averted Something Catastrophic

When the DA announced that Lauren Kirk-Coehlo was being held on $1 million bail, it raised a huge red fla ...

When the DA announced that Lauren Kirk-Coehlo was being held on $1 million bail, it raised a huge red flag. At the press conference, other reporters also noted the huge bail and questioned its basis, ...

February 16, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Islamic Center Suspect Faces Six Years and Is Being Held on $1 Million Bail

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 15, 2017
| (56) Comments

Islamic Center Suspect Faces Six Years and Is Being Held on $1 Million Bail

On Tuesday, Davis Police along with the FBI and Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced the a ...

On Tuesday, Davis Police along with the FBI and Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced the arrest of Lauren Kirk-Coehlo, a 30-year-old Davis resident, in connection with the January 22 in ...

February 15, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Why is Yolo DA Backing the Predator Rather Than the Victim in the Benoit Case?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 28, 2016
| (32) Comments

Commentary: Why is Yolo DA Backing the Predator Rather Than the Victim in the Benoit Case?

A common complaint in the Family Court system is that the system often ends up putting children in harm’s ...

A common complaint in the Family Court system is that the system often ends up putting children in harm’s way, by failing to assess the risk of putting children into custody and visitation arrangement ...

July 28, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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DA Opts To Go Route of Secret Indictment for KetMoRee Suspects

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 03, 2016
| (9) Comments

DA Opts To Go Route of Secret Indictment for KetMoRee Suspects

Six defense attorneys and their six co-defendants were geared up for a 15-day, three week, preliminary he ...

Six defense attorneys and their six co-defendants were geared up for a 15-day, three week, preliminary hearing that would have laid out the evidence that the prosecutors had against the co-defendants ...

May 03, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Mother Remains Abroad, Protecting Children from Father, Family Court System

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: March 15, 2016
| (2) Comments

Mother Remains Abroad, Protecting Children from Father, Family Court System

By Monica Velez The pending custody battle between Eric Gilson and Claire Benoit will not be able to move ...

By Monica Velez The pending custody battle between Eric Gilson and Claire Benoit will not be able to move forward until she returns to the United States with her four children. Judge Kathleen White wa ...

March 15, 2016
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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My View: Time for the AG’s Office or a Civil Grand Jury to Investigate Yolo DA

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 12, 2016
| (18) Comments

My View: Time for the AG’s Office or a Civil Grand Jury to Investigate Yolo DA

On the surface it is a bizarre and insignificant part of a much larger case, the bulk of which has long s ...

On the surface it is a bizarre and insignificant part of a much larger case, the bulk of which has long since been decided. The defendant is accused of making threatening gestures that no one other th ...

March 12, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Hendrix Case Illustrates the Problems of Yolo County Justice and Beyond

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 04, 2016
| (9) Comments

Commentary: Hendrix Case Illustrates the Problems of Yolo County Justice and Beyond

As I told my interns this week, you can cover a lot of cases in Yolo County and not really see a huge pro ...

As I told my interns this week, you can cover a lot of cases in Yolo County and not really see a huge problem with the system. There are plenty of cases where a clear crime has been committed, there i ...

February 04, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (9) Comments

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Commentary: My Experience on Jury Duty Ends with a DDA Questioning during Voir Dire

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 28, 2015
| (29) Comments

Commentary: My Experience on Jury Duty Ends with a DDA Questioning during Voir Dire

I have never been afforded the privilege of serving on a jury – which I think is a bit unfortunate – and ...

I have never been afforded the privilege of serving on a jury – which I think is a bit unfortunate – and as long as I am in this line of work, I probably never will. So on Monday, when I was called to ...

October 28, 2015
| by David Greenwald

| (29) Comments

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Analysis: DMV Docs Show Gonzalez Disclosed Condition and Was Cleared to Drive

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 20, 2015
| (19) Comments

Analysis: DMV Docs Show Gonzalez Disclosed Condition and Was Cleared to Drive

On May 8, Armando Gonzalez, 41 years old of Woodland, was sentenced to 18 years to life for his role in a ...

On May 8, Armando Gonzalez, 41 years old of Woodland, was sentenced to 18 years to life for his role in a fatal accident after a Yolo County jury found Mr. Gonzalez guilty on April 10, 2015, of second ...

May 20, 2015
| by David Greenwald

| (19) Comments

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Jury Convicts Driver of Second Degree Murder

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: April 11, 2015
| 0 comments

Jury Convicts Driver of Second Degree Murder

A Yolo County jury on Friday returned with a verdict of guilty on the two main counts: Second Degree Murd ...

A Yolo County jury on Friday returned with a verdict of guilty on the two main counts: Second Degree Murder and Gross Vehicular Manslaughter, as well as two counts of perjury. They acquitted Mr. Gonz ...

April 11, 2015
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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