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Saylor Pushes for More Equity for Public Defender’s Office
Supervisor Don Saylor on the left pushed for more funding for the Public Defender’s Office; Public Defender Tracie Olson on the right explained to the board their workload challenges The data coming...
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Jury Trial Begins for Two Gang Members Accused of Multiple Robberies
By Novpreet Shoker On Friday afternoon, the jury trial for codefendants Ricky Gomez Hernandez and Joshua Armond Cadenaz-Lopez began with opening statements from both sides. These men are facing various...
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Little Case ‘Secreted Away’ in Yolo Courtroom
Milo in his appearance in Davis in January UC Student Tests Right to Trial; Case Showcases ‘Overzealous’ DA’s Office, Taxpayers Pay the Price By Crescenzo Vellucci Secreted away in the courtrooms of...
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Murder Suspect Hodge’s Preliminary Hearing Scheduled for October 20
Robert Hodges is alleged to have killed his three kids By Novpreet Shoker This past Monday morning, Department 14 gathered to finalize a date for the preliminary hearing of Robert William Hodges. Mr....
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Commentary: Life Sentence for Burglary Conviction Is Not in the Interest of...
This week the burglary trial that lasted nearly four months came to an end. Not surprisingly, the jury convicted the three defendants on 78 counts. In the eight years of the Vanguard Court Watch, it...
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Correction: Statement on Public Defenders Doesn’t Represent the Views of the...
In Monday’s article, a line regarding the prosecution of Noah William Benham read as follows: “And maybe the worst news for Noah William Benham – who maintains he won’t plead guilty to a crime he...
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Washington Man Found Guilty of Second-Degree Murder in Fatal Car Chase
By Novpreet Shoker The jury trial for defendant Thomas Phillip Leae came to an end this past Friday, as the jury found the defendant guilty on all three counts of murder in the second degree, evading...
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Jury Trial Resumes for Two Alleged Gang Members Accused of Multiple Robberies
By Fabiha Zaman The jury trial for codefendants Ricky Gomez Hernandez and Joshua Armond Cadenaz-Lopez reconvened on October 10, 2017. These men have allegedly committed 2nd degree robbery, used a...
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New Lovett Trial Setting Date Delayed to January
By Teja Dusanapudi On Tuesday morning, Eric Lovett once again appeared at the Yolo County Superior Court, in the latest step of an increasingly complicated legal series, this time establishing a new...
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Bystander Testimony in Robbery Case
by Edward Garcia The jury trial for codefendants Ricky Gomez Hernandez and Joshua Armond Cadenaz-Lopez reconvened on October 11, 2017. These alleged gang members are facing charges including 2nd degree...
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Defendant in Marijuana Raid Gets OR
A visiting judge on Tuesday granted 30-year-old Allen Nelson, of Sacramento, release on his own recognizance. He was arrested on September 22 on a search warrant that was served on County Road 41a,...
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Vanguard Coverage of Preliminary Hearings involving Petty Theft, Domestic...
Judge Reduces Charge to Misdemeanor Following Preliminary Hearing By Fabiha Zaman Judge Paul Richardson reduced the charges against defendant Wally Ly to a misdemeanor following a preliminary hearing...
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Investigators Testify in Robbery Case
By Kelsey Landon On Thursday morning the jury trial resumed for Ricky Gomez Hernandez and Joshua Armond Cadenaz-Lopez, two codefendants facing charges of 2nd degree robbery, enhancements for use of a...
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Court Trial Begins for Man Accused of Illegal Weapon & Drug Sales
By Taite Trautwein Jason Raysean Broadbent reported to Department 14 of the Yolo County Superior Court on Friday afternoon to answer to 28 charges brought against him in late 2015. The defendant...
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Domestic Violence Case Goes to Trial
by Clara Zhao On Friday, Oct. 13th, a domestic violence trial commenced at the Yolo County Superior Court. The defendant David Rodriguez was charged with physically and sexually assaulting the...
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Witness Testimony Continues for 2016 Robbery Case
By Taite Trautwein Defendants Joshua Armond Cadenaz-Lopez and Ricky Gomez Hernandez returned to Yolo County Superior Court once again Friday morning to hear another set of witnesses testify to their...
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Motion to Suppress Denied in DUI Case
by Esmeralda Figueroa On Tuesday afternoon, a motion to suppress evidence was denied by Judge Timothy L. Fall. The defendant, Eric Andrew Nellett, is being charged with drunk driving, driving under the...
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Trial of Man Accused of Domestic Violence Resumes
By Teja Dusanapudi and Hannah Poploskie Ortiz Case Resumes, Witnesses Called By Teja Dusanapudi The jury trial for Michael Anthony Ortiz reconvened Tuesday morning. On June 2 of this year Mr. Ortiz was...
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Court Watch Briefs: Coverage of Murder, Kidnapping and Hate Crime Cases
Suspect of hate crime pleads no contest by Clara Zhao On October 18, Lonny Doyle Lee, the suspect in a racially-based hate crime that took place at UC Davis back in February of 2016, plead no contest...
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Jury Finds Man Guilty in Domestic Violence Case
By Edward Garcia The jury trial for Michael Anthony Ortiz came to a conclusion this Thursday afternoon, as the jury found the defendant guilty of simple battery against a spouse, cohabitant, or fellow...
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