Courts

February 2017

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

Alleged Benbow Home Invader’s Requests For Girlfriend to Lie Recorded by Law Enforcement

Jon Goldberg, Suspect in Fortuna Murder, Appears in Court; Victim’s Wife Testifies

November 2016

Woman Arrested for Eureka Walgreens Hammer Assault Found Mentally Incompetent to Stand Trial

Hoopa Stabbing Homicide Suspect Pleads Not Guilty, Has History of Violent Behavior

Marcia ‘Marci’ Kitchen Hearing Postponed Until March

Hoopa Teen Arraigned for Attempted Murder

Suspect in Shotgun Crime Spree Arraigned on Nine Counts of Robbery

Trial Date Set for Arcata Woman Accused of Killing Infant Daughter

MCCLAIN VERDICT IN: No Unreasonable Force, But Jury Finds Officer ‘50 Percent Negligent’ in Tommy McClain’s Death; Awards Parents $150,000

MCCLAIN TRIAL, DAY FOUR: What Does ‘Get Down’ Mean? Testimony Closes With Dueling Expert Testimony

MCCLAIN TRIAL, DAY THREE: Tommy McClain’s Parents Take the Stand in Tears, Speak to Their Son’s Good Character

McCLAIN TRIAL, DAY THREE: ‘It Should Have Been Considered a Murder,’ Slain Man’s Family Member Testifies

Did He Go For the Gun? Day One of the Tommy McClain Wrongful Death Suit Against the City of Eureka

Judge Refuses to Dismiss Charges Against Arcata Woman Whose Infant Died of Head Injuries

Accused Walgreens Hammer Assailant Pleads Not Guilty to Attempted Murder

October 2016

Lawyer Asks Judge to Dismiss Charges Against Arcata Woman Accused of Killing Child

Evidence of Drunkenness Unlikely to be Admitted in Case Against Eureka Officer Who Shot, Killed Tommy McClain

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