Articles Tagged With ‘San Luis Obispo Superior Court’




Los Osos man sentenced for aiding in a suicide

Longtime Los Osos resident George Taylor was sentenced on Wednesday to two days in jail, time he has already served, for aiding and abetting in his wife’s suicide. Taylor, 86, agreed to a suicide pact with his wife that they... (Continue reading)

Brown appoints new San Luis Obispo County judge

Governor Jerry Brown appointed U.S. Magistrate Rita Coyne Federman a San Luis Obispo Superior Court judge Thursday. Federman, 50, has served on the U.S. District Court’s central district of California since 2004. She fills a vacancy created when Judge Teresa Estrada-Mullaney... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo County supervisor accused of threatening state

EDITORS NOTE: See Adam Hill’s email calling a state parks official contemptuous, misleading and dishonest at the bottom of this story. By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Adam Hill’s “scathing emails” have now caught the attention of California... (Continue reading)

George Taylor pleads guilty to assisting wife’s suicide

Longtime Los Osos resident George Taylor plead guilty Wednesday to assisting the suicide of his wife Gewynn and will appear in San Luis Obispo Superior Court for sentencing on Jan. 16. [KCOY] Taylor, 86, agreed to a suicide pact with... (Continue reading)

Murder suspect’s hospital statements inadmissible

Statements made by a man accused of murdering Dystiny Myers to first responders in Santa Margarita will be admissible in court while some of his statements to investigators at the hospital will not be admissible, a judge ruled Monday. Cody... (Continue reading)

Los Osos man murder charge dropped to assisting suicide

The San Luis Obispo county District Attorney’s Office reduced the charge against an 86-year-old Los Osos man from murder to assisted suicide in the death of his 81-year-old wife. George Taylor told a ranger at Montana de Oro State Park... (Continue reading)

Cambria murder suspect deemed incompetent

A San Luis Obispo Superior Court judge ruled a Cambria man suspected of murdering his brother last August is incompetent to stand trial. [Tribune] Judge Jacquelyn Duffy found Brandon Henslee, 22, not currently able to assist in his own defense... (Continue reading)

Dystiny Myers murder suspect was a police informant

By KAREN VELIE One of the people accused of participating in the violent murder of Dystiny Myers was an informant for the Santa Maria Police Department gang suppression unit, a detective testified on Monday. Ty Michael Hill is facing the... (Continue reading)

Testimony reveals defendant’s description of Myers murder

A preliminary hearing Wednesday in the Dystiny Myers murder case revealed statements by one of the defendants explaining his role in the killing of the 15-year-old Santa Maria girl. [KCOY] Cody Miller told San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies and... (Continue reading)

Dystiny Myers murder testimony begins in prelim hearing

Firefighters who responded to the burned body of Dystiny Myers testified Monday about statements made by one of the defendents during a preliminary hearing on the murder of the 15-year-old Santa Maria girl. [Tribune] The trial, rescheduled to begin February... (Continue reading)