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Two bodies were found in the canal near Truxtun Avenue in Bakersfield, California.Monday morning. The Kern County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Team recovered the bodies, and the Bakersfield Police Department is investigating.

The Kern County Sheriff’s Department is investigating two suspicious deaths in Northwest Bakersfield. Deputies responded to a report of a suspicious circumstance in the 6700 block of Byrd Avenue in the Olive Drive area on Saturday, Aug. 26 at about 4:16 p.m. Deputies found the dead bodies of a man and a woman inside a…

Olive Drive Stabbing On August 7, 2023, just after 7:30 p.m., Kern County Sheriff’s Department was called to the area of Norris Road and Knudson Drive to the scene of a stabbing. Deputies found a thirty-one-year-old with traumatic injuries.

Legislative Analyst’s Office has released Overview of Criminal Fine and Fee System and Notable Related Actions, which can be found here. The “handout provides an overview of how criminal fines and fees are assessed, collected, and distributed. It then summarizes recent LAO recommendations for improving the state’s criminal fine and fee system. Finally, it discusses notable…

Budget and Policy Post – Legislative Analyst’s Office – Link to Original The 2023-24 Budget May Revision Proposals Related to the California Model and San Quentin State Prison In this post, we analyze the Governor’s May Revision proposals for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to undertake capital outlay projects at San Quentin…

People v. Arredondo, California Supreme Court, December 16, 2019 Summary: An adult witness began crying on the stand, so the court positioned a computer monitor between her and the defendant.  This violated the defendant’s Confrontation rights.  The court explained, “To find that an accommodation was constitutionally permissible merely because F.R. — a young adult —…

People v. Rubio, California Court of Appeal, December 16, 2019 Summary: Officers responded to a “shots fired” call in a high crime neighborhood.  Defendant exited a garage and confronted police, “yelling for them to shoot him.”  Officers broke into the garage, found contraband, and later returned with a search warrant.  The initial entry violated the…

People v. Fish, California Court of Appeal, November 27, 2019 Summary: Defendant was involved in a fatal motor vehicle accident.  “Based on [Defendant’s] statements to law enforcement officers after the collision that he was under the care of a psychotherapist who had prescribed him certain antidepressant and antipsychotic medications, the prosecution subpoenaed the psychotherapist’s (and his…

People v. Johnson, California Supreme Court, November 25, 2019 Summary: In this capital case, the Supreme Court found several errors, but affirmed death. The court explained that evidence of lack of remorse is generally inadmissible – “A lack of remorse is not enumerated as an aggravating factor under section 190.3. A prosecutor, therefore, should not…

People v. Lopez, California Supreme Court, November 25, 2019 Summary: “Acting on an anonymous tip about a motorist’s erratic driving, a police officer approached defendant Maria Elena Lopez after she parked and exited her car. When the officer asked if she had a driver’s license, she said she did not. Police then detained her for…