Courts

March 2017

Marci Kitchen Has 48 Hours to Hand Over Her Passport

Fortuna Murder Suspect Jon Goldberg’s Attorney Asks Judge For Closed Hearing

Eureka Man Convicted of Setting Off Fireworks, Laying Down Spike Strip at Ex-Wife’s Attorney’s Home

Accused Murder Suspects in Eureka, Fortuna Shootings Both Appear in Court

Kitchen Trial Delayed Again; Preliminary Hearing on Manslaughter Charges Against Fortuna Mom Now Scheduled For May, Expected to Last Five Days

Eureka Man’s Murder Trial Pushed Back to April; Prosecution Will Try for the Third Time to Make Murder Charges Stick in Alleged Gang Killing of 14-Year-Old

Would-Be Burglar Who Was Beat Up by Liquor Store Clerk Will Stand Trial on Attempted Murder Charges in June

Del Norte Jury Convicts Serial Sex Offender of Molesting 15-Year-Old Girl, Providing Her With Methamphetamine

February 2017

Suspect in 2016 Armed Robbery Spree Set for Early Trial

HSU Student Sentenced to One Year for DUI Manslaughter; Ruling Upsets Supporters of Convicted Man and Victim Alike

Maxx Robison Held to Answer on Murder Charges; Defense Says He Only Intended to Shoot Up Empty Car When 19-Year-Old Women Was Killed

McCullens Motel Murder Trial: While Witnesses Detail the Boring Night of Drug Jonesing That Led to Shooting of 19-Year-Old Girl, Additional Victim Refuses to Testify

Clayton Lee Lasinski Gets April Trial Date; Armed Man Who Fled Eureka Police and Was Shot in the Chest Could Face 40 Years

Surprise Witness Delays Hearing on New Spousal Battery Charges for Accused Murderer Jon Goldberg

Trial Date Set for SoHum Man Accused of Opening Fire on Occupied Trailer in Garberville

Jury Finds McKinleyville Woman Guilty of Transporting Heroin

‘Manila Five’ Murder Plot Suspects Will Stand Trial Together; Hearing Scheduled for Next Month

Myers Flat Woman Charged With Murder in 2015 Marijuana DUI Crash That Killed Passenger; Trial Delayed, Again

Merrick Accused of Murder, DUI in Death of 16-Year-Old McKinleyville Girl, Could Face Life in Prison; Officers Describe the Scene in Court

Supervisors Appoint New Public Defender After Questionable Hiring Process

As Courts Desperately Seek More Space, Proposal to Move Law Library Sparks Concern About Access to Equal Justice

Clayton Lasinski, Man Who Fled From and Was Ultimately Shot by Eureka Police, Will Stand Trial on Numerous Charges; Could Face 40+ Years

McKinleyville Man Accused of Slashing Girlfriend’s Father’s Throat Will Stand Trial for Attempted Murder

Jury Awards $56.5 Million to Construction Worker Nearly Killed on Caltrans Project; Verdict Believed to be the Largest of Its Kind in Humboldt History

January 2017

Suspected Murderer Maxx Robison Considering Plea Deal

Federal Court Rules Sheriff, Correctional Officers May Be Sued in 2014 Jailhouse Death; Dismisses Case Against Eureka Police

Judge Orders Prosecutors to Hand Over Evidence to the Attorneys for Clayton Lee Lasinski, Who Was Shot by Eureka Police in December

DA: Serial Westhaven/Trinidad Burglar Sentenced to Eight Years

Trial Date Set for Three Suspects in 2014 Murder of 14-Year-Old Boy

State Supreme Court Refuses to Depublish Scathing Ruling Against County in Adult Protective Services Case

Was the Man Accused of Rebar-Assault at a Petrolia Campground Insane?

Man Accused of 2015 Garberville Killing Appears in Court After Being Extradited From Florida; Man Formerly Accused of the Murder Released

Manila Five in Court: Two Confessed to Plot, Three Have Not — Should Their Cases Be Merged?

Trinidad Man Gets Three-Year Prison Sentence After Violating Probation By Carrying Loaded Handgun

Still No Trial Date for Accused Killer of Fortuna Fireman; Goldberg’s Attorney Says He Needs More Time

Jury Awards $5 Million In Case of Elder Abuse and Wrongful Death at Timber Ridge Senior Home

Leigl Pleads Not Guilty for Third Time to 2014 Murder of 14-Year-Old

Facing Charges of Killing Her Own Daughter and Another Teen in Hit-and-Run, Marcia Kitchen Files Claims For Damages Due to Road Conditions

COURT ROUNDUP: Two Murder Cases, One Serial Armed Robbery Case All Pushed Back, for Various Reasons

With Attempted Murder Charges Dropped, Hoopa Teen Sentenced to 270 Days of Jail for Armed Robbery

Choking Back Tears, Humboldt State Student Pleads Guilty to Vehicular Manslaughter for His Role in DUI Crash

As Prosecutors Try For a Third Time to Reinstate Murder Charges Against Nicholas Leigl, The Accused’s Father Argues His Son’s Case

NINTH CIRCUIT: City of Fortuna, Two of its Cops Can Be Sued for Shooting, Killing Meth-Influenced Resident Who May (or May Not) Have Tried to Club Them

Eureka Takes More Legal Action Against Slumlord Floyd Squires

Trial of Arcata Woman Charged With Causing Infant’s Death Postponed Until April

December 2016

Prosecutors Fail to Reinstate Murder Charges Against Nicholas Leigl; Eureka Man Charged With Being ‘Accessory’ in Slaying of 14-Year-Old Boy

McK Man Charged With DUI Murder Appears in Court Today; Hearings in Case Pushed Back to February

District Attorney Seeks to Reinstate Charges Against Eureka Man Implicated in 2014 Murder of 14-Year-Old Boy

‘He Was Just Scared’: Family of Man Shot By Eureka Police Earlier This Month Show Up to Support Him in Court

Manila Five Appear in Court This Morning, Their Faces Ranging From Jolly to Somber as Preliminary Hearings Postponed

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