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Facing 53 years to life sentence In a Sacramento Superior Court jury trial that concluded on Monday, June 26, Fard Smithson was convicted of first-degree murder and felon in possession of a firearm. Smithson was also convicted of intentionally and personally discharged a firearm causing death. Smithson lived with the
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SCOTUS decides 6-3 in favor of democracy v This morning the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6-3 ruling denying the arguments in Moore v. Harper case. The case was a test of the once-fringe idea called the Independent State Legislature Theory. On the surface, the case centered on legislative
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Elk Grove Police arrested a 14-year-old on the morning of Saturday, June 24 on suspicion of vehicle burglary. Just as night shift patrol officers were ending their duties on Saturday, police dispatch received a call regarding an in-progress vehicle burglary in the Lyndale Circle and Spring Ridge Way area. The
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Next week the current term of the United State Supreme Court will end, which means there will be rulings on a couple of significant cases. Those cases are Groff vs. Dejoy and Moore vs. Harper. Listen time 2 minutes 30 seconds
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A Bakersfield innkeeper was sentenced in federal court in Fresno yesterday for his role in a pimping operation. Jatinbhai Naresh Bhakta, 31, of Bakersfield, was sentenced to four years and ordered to pay a forfeiture money judgment of over $1 million for using a facility of interstate commerce in aid
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A man accused of murder in a drive-by shooting was convicted yesterday in jury trial in Sacramento Superior Court. Devonte White was convicted of first-degree murder and felon in possession of a firearm. The jury also found true the special circumstance that in the commission of the murder, White intentionally
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Joshua David Harrington, 36, of Modesto, was sentenced yesterday in Federal Court in Fresno to 12 years and seven months in prison for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of a firearm. According to court documents, on April 2, 2021, Harrington discarded a backpack
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One of the most successful and famous criminal defense attorneys in American history is Wyoming native Gerry Spence. Although retired from practice, the 93-year-old Spence remains a towering figure among trial attorneys. Among the clients he has successfully defended in high-profile federal cases have been Randy Weaver of Ruby Ridge
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Joy Yip says GTFOH! Yesterday a member of the Elk Grove Police Chief’s Advisory Board called for the resignation of an Elk Grove City Council member. In a post on her Instagram account, advisory board member Joy Yip called for the resignation of District 4 Elk Grove City Councilmember
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A defendant who was convicted for a DUI-involved murder was sentenced today in Sacramento Superior Court. Armando Moreno-Rodriguez was sentenced to 16 years to life in prison. On March 20, 2023, a jury convicted Moreno-Rodriguez of the second-degree murder of Michael Dodson, gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, hit and run,
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Today at 12 pm PDT, Special Prosecutor Jack Smith made a statement on the unsealing of the seven-count indictment against former President Donald J. Trump. The former president will formally be indicted on Tuesday, June 13.