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Paul Flores’ hopes to overturn murder conviction dashed

Written on 14 Jan, 2026 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE Paul Flores’ hopes that the California Supreme Court would overturn his murder conviction were dashed Wednesday when the court denied his petition for review. A jury in 2022 found that Flores murdered Kristin Smart during an attempted... (Continue reading)

Paul Flores, convicted of murdering Kristin Smart, loses appeal

Written on 24 Oct, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE Paul Flores, the man convicted of murdering Kristin Smart, lost his appeal on Friday. A jury in 2022 found that Flores murdered Smart during an attempted rape following a 1996 frat party held near the Cal Poly... (Continue reading)

Convicted of murder, Paul Flores seeks to reduce his sentence

Written on 11 Aug, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE Editor’s Note: This the fourth in a four-part series on three civil lawsuits and an appeal related to the investigation, trial and incarceration of Paul Flores. Read part one, “Will Paul Flores return to San Luis Obispo... (Continue reading)

The battle continues between Kristin Smart’s family and Cal Poly

Written on 31 Jul, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 13 comments

By KAREN VELIE Editors Note: This the second in a four-part series on three civil lawsuits and an appeal related to the investigation, trial and incarceration of Paul Flores. Read part one, “Will Paul Flores return to San Luis Obispo... (Continue reading)

Will Paul Flores return to San Luis Obispo County to testify at trial?

Written on 29 Jul, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 5 comments

By KAREN VELIE Editors Note: This is first in a four-part series on three civil lawsuits and an appeal related to the investigation, trial and incarceration of Paul Flores. Even though Paul Flores was convicted in 2022 of murdering former... (Continue reading)

Prosecutors find convicted murderer Paul Flores’ appeal meritless

Written on 19 Apr, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 7 comments

By KAREN VELIE Paul Flores, the former Cal Poly San Luis Obispo student who was convicted in the 1996 murder of Kristin Smart, last fall appealed his conviction claiming judicial error. State prosecutors responded on April 14 with a brief... (Continue reading)

Paul Flores seeks to have murder conviction reversed or reduced

Written on 23 Oct, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE Paul Flores, the former Cal Poly San Luis Obispo student who was convicted in the 1996 murder of Kristin Smart, appealed his conviction on Monday claiming judicial error. A jury in 2022 found that Flores murdered Smart... (Continue reading)

Errors at lab used in Kristin Smart case not likely to impact Flores

Written on 30 Jun, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | No comments

By KAREN VELIE Hundreds of cases could be upended because of an error at the lab that conducted DNA and blood evidence tests in the Kristin Smart case. However, it is unlikely to factor into Paul Fores’ murder conviction. In... (Continue reading)

Kristin Smart’s killer ordered to pay restitution

Written on 18 Jun, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

By KAREN VELIE A judge on Monday ordered Paul Flores, the man convicted of killing Cal Poly coed Kristin Smart in 1996, to pay more than $350,000 in restitution to her family for costs they incurred following her death. In... (Continue reading)

Paul Flores moves prisons following two attacks

Written on 11 Jun, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 10 comments

By KAREN VELIE Following two brutal attacks, corrections officials transferred convicted Kristin Smart killer Paul Flores from a prison in Colinga to another Central Valley facility, California State Prison in Corcoran. In Oct. 2022, a Monterey County jury found Flores... (Continue reading)