


In an interview after the hearing, Schwartz noted the far lower standard of proof required at preliminary hearings than at trials.

Testimony showed that Kenneth French knocked down Sanchez with a hard, unprovoked punch to the back of his head as Sanchez held his young child. Schwartz, cross-examined prosecution witnesses but did not call any witnesses of his own during the three-day hearing in Riverside nor make a closing argument to Diaz. said before setting Sanchez’s re-arraignment for Aug. “After hearing conflicting testimony from witnesses, the court reviewed the law of imperfect self-defense, the court reviewed the law of self-defense, the court reviewed the law of defense of others, the court also reviewed the law on voluntary manslaughter and even of involuntary manslaughter,” Superior Court Judge Samuel Diaz Jr. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Salvador Alejandro Sanchez, 31, was c harged by the state Attorney General’s Office with voluntary manslaughter in the Jdeath of Kenneth French, 32, and two counts of assault with a firearm in the shooting of Russell French, now 61, and Paola French, 62. 15, that there is sufficient evidence that the volley of 10 shots was not fired in self-defense.
COSTCO CORONA CA SHOOTING UPDATE TRIAL
A former Los Angeles police officer whom authorities in Riverside County declined to charge after he fatally shot an intellectually disabled man and wounded his parents at the Costco in Corona will stand trial on charges brought by the state after a judge ruled Monday, Aug.
