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2 days ago

He was gonna kill us': Oakland murder case dismissed for insufficient evidence'

Prosecutors dismissed murder charges against Anthony Ortega due to insufficient evidence and conflicting eyewitness credibility after Ortega posted $500,000 bail.
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1 month ago

They were insulting us': Oakland man gets 7 years for killing man in drive-by shooting

The prosecution's case against Estrada-Avalos was marred by inconsistent or at one point, admittedly dishonest testimony from the lone eyewitness, a woman who admitted she was driving when Estrada-Avalos and a group of people, including the victim, got into a shouting match that precipitated the shooting. The woman lied on the stand at Estrada-Avalos' preliminary hearing, claimed to have memory problems at key moments of the timeline,
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