Carlos Dominguez pleaded not responsible to 2 counts of premeditated homicide and one depend of tried homicide in relation to the string of stabbings that occurred in Davis at Yolo Superior Court docket on Friday.
Dominguez, 21, was arrested Thursday and is accused for the stabbing deaths of two Davis residents and the tried homicide of one other.
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Dominguez was denied bail. Regardless of Public Defender Daniel Hutchinson’s request that bail keep set at 4 million, Yolo County Deputy District Legal professional Matt De Moura argued that Dominguez’s menace to the general public was too nice.
“When the courtroom have been to contemplate the details and circumstances of the case and presume them to be true for the needs of bail, there's such an egregious and harmful nature to the neighborhood,” De Moura stated. “It took two lives and nearly value a 3rd individual their life. On condition that and the hazard the defendant represents to the general public I might ask that no bail be set.”
Yolo County Superior Court docket Decide Daniel Wolk agreed with De Moura, denying bail to Dominguez, citing the danger to public security, the character of the crimes and the seriousness of the costs.
Dominguez is eligible for a life jail time period with out the potential of parole or the loss of life penalty, given a particular circumstance for a number of murders, in accordance with a press launch from the Yolo County District Legal professional’s Workplace. The choice whether or not to pursue the loss of life penalty might be made at a later date.
David Henry Breaux, 50, was discovered lifeless in Central Park on April 27 with a number of stab wounds. Two nights later, on April 29, 20-year-old UC Davis scholar Karim Abou Najm was stabbed to loss of life in Sycamore Park.
On Might 1, Kimberlee Guillory was stabbed by way of her tent at a homeless encampment on 2nd and L avenue simply earlier than midnight. Guillory survived the assault however was left with essential accidents. As of Thursday, police confirmed she had undergone surgical procedure and was recovering.
Dominguez, who was a 3rd 12 months scholar at UC Davis till April 25 when he was “separated for educational causes,” was taken into custody Wednesday night after 15 folks referred to as the Davis Police Division reporting seeing a person who matched the suspect description at Sycamore Park, the placement of the second murder.
Dominguez might be again in courtroom on Might 22 at 9 a.m. in Division 10 of Yolo Superior Court docket for the pre-hearing convention.