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Not Making It to Court as Promised Cost Defendants Thousands of Dollars;...
By Jose Medina and Esha Kher WOODLAND, CA – Failure to appear on court dates can make a defendant’s life much more difficult while traversing an already confusing legal process—bench warrants are...
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No Bail for Year for Defendant Charged with Attempted Murder – Judge Sets...
CABy Hongyi Wen SACRAMENTO, CA – Is $600,000 bail for attempted murder a reasonable amount for a defendant not convicted of the crime? Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Michael Sweet decided last...
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‘You Are a Murderer, and That is Your Legacy’ Declares Mother to Her Son’s...
By Sophia Barberini SACRAMENTO – Judge Michael A. Savage of Sacramento County Superior Court sentenced Damien Todd to 16 years in state prison for voluntary manslaughter after the mother of the victim...
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Judge Grants Homeless Man ‘OR’ Release after Alleged Assault of Other Unhoused
By Tanya Decendario MARTINEZ, CA – Although accused of attacking several people, the court here in Contra Costa County Superior Court last week granted the release from jail of a homeless man who could...
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Jealous Boyfriend Causes ‘Misfire’ at Sacramento Gas Station Altercation
By Avalon Amaral SACRAMENTO, CA – A jealous rage led Joshua Cross to Sacramento County Superior Court last week, accused of willful and unlawful assault with a firearm that could have resulted in the...
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Man Caught, Charged in Online Predator Sting Operation
By Roxanna Jarvis SACRAMENTO, CA – You’ve seen this before on TV shows such as To Catch a Predator with Chris Hanson from Dateline NBC—adult online predators, most often men, caught attempting to meet...
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Unfamiliarity with Charges Leads to Court Confusion in Catalytic Converter Case
By Roxanna Jarvis and Ankita Joshi SACRAMENTO, CA – There was much confusion about what defendant Matthew Hamilton was to do regarding the next steps of his court case here in Sacramento County...
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Just Another Day in Courtrooms 60, 61, 63 – But There’re Always Cases that...
By Alex Morgan and Michael Wheeler SACRAMENTO, CA – Sacramento Superior Court Departments 60, 61, and 63 worked on setting preliminary hearings for defendants Monday, and, as usual, most court cases...
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Prosecution Claims Ex-Construction Worker Turned Bank Robber in Davis Bank Heist
By Hongyi Wen WOODLAND, CA – After reading an article online about how to make money, former construction worker Myron Smith took its advice and decided to rob a bank in Downtown Davis while driving a...
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Defendant Asks for ‘Another Chance,’ Judge Reluctantly Issues Sentence
By Natasha Feuerstein SACRAMENTO, CA – Judge Patrick Marlette had high hopes for defendant Robert Cunningham, and was not looking forward to sentencing him here in Sacramento County Superior Court...
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Judge Convinced Man Should Stand Trial for Burglary, His 3rd Strike
By Avalon Amaral SACRAMENTO, CA – Maybe if Willie Briscoe hadn’t been convicted twice for burglary, his “story” might have a better chance when he goes to trial in a month or so—for attempted burglary....
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Defendant Worried He’d ‘Sign Away Rights’ When Court Document Printing Error...
By Stephanie Boulos WOODLAND, CA – Apparently, at least one defendant here took heed of the old adage, “Don’t sign a blank document.” After quickly running through several arraignments here in Yolo...
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Defendant Fearing Deportation Allegedly Caused Accident, Lied that He Was...
By Tanya Decendario MARTINEZ, CA – Trial counsel and the judge here last week may have been sympathetic to a defendant seeking asylum in the U.S., but the defendant allegedly caused a vehicle collision...
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Former Radio ‘Personality’ Coach Re-Sentenced for Child Molestation After New...
By Nancy Aviña SACRAMENTO – A 58-year-old former Sacramento radio personality and former park and recreation assistant youth basketball coach, Gregory Kosanke, was resentenced to prison here in...
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Machete Attack Survivor Requests Maximum Sentence in Heartbreaking Victim...
By Dorrin Akbari SACRAMENTO, CA – Victim impact statements can be heart-wrenching. And one read by Deputy District Attorney Danny Lee to a Sacramento County Superior Court last week describing the...
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Judge Denies Defense Claims Sacramento Officers Conducted Unreasonable Search...
By Lovepreet Dhinsa SACRAMENTO, CA – Despite claims here in Sacramento County Superior Court by Assistant Public Defender Ali Sameera that there was an unreasonable search and seizure by two Sacramento...
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Child-Endangering Driver, Drug-Firearm Defendants Get Combined 9 Years in Prison
By Alex Morgan SACRAMENTO, CA – Sacramento County Superior Court Dept. 61 Judge Michael W. Sweet heard several cases here Monday, moving quickly to set future court dates for preliminary hearings—but...
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Man Faces Multiple Drug, Evading Police Felonies after Car Occupants Deny...
By Aziza Nussipov SACRAMENTO – In the preliminary hearing for Juan Ramos here Tuesday in Sacramento County Superior Court, it appeared that everyone in a car stopped by police either didn’t know him or...
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Judge Refuses to Grant Motion to Domestic Abuse Defendant Based on Man’s...
By Derrick Pal SACRAMENTO — Despite a nearly 10-year clean record, a man’s acknowledged violent past in 1999 was enough for a Sacramento County Superior Court judge to refuse to set aside that previous...
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Defense Attorney Claims Probation Dept Won’t Provide Documents As It Did for...
By Ankita Joshi SACRAMENTO, CA – Sacramento County Superior Court Dept. 9 started off with a claim by the Sacramento County Public Defender Office that the Probation Dept. has refused to turn over...
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