Cain Velasquez is scheduled to go to trial on Sept. 9 to face tried homicide prices, but it surely’s possible the previous UFC heavyweight champion’s courtroom case will get pushed again to a later date.
On Wednesday, a trial readiness listening to was held in Santa Clara County Court docket in California with Velasquez’s legal professional Renee Hessling showing earlier than Decide Elizabeth Peterson to offer an replace because the trial date attracts nearer. Hessling indicated that she expects to file for a continuance within the case to get the trial date pushed again from the September begin time.
“I’d point out that I’m not prepared for trial in September,” Hessling instructed the courtroom. “I’ve not filed a 1050. Because the date will get nearer, if I’m nonetheless not prepared, I’ll file a 1050 that outlines the nice trigger reasoning.”
A 1050 is the penal code filed by both the prosecution or the protection when looking for a continuance in a courtroom case.
Whereas Hessling indicated that she expects to file for continuance, a decide received’t rule on that till a later date, so for now Velasquez’s trial remains to be anticipated to start on Sept. 9 at 8:35 a.m. native time. The decide ordered that Velasquez should seem initially of his trial ought to the beginning date stay unchanged.
Velasquez, 41, was arrested on Feb. 28, 2022, after allegedly happening a high-speed chase pursuing a automotive containing Harry Goularte, a person accused of sexually abusing his son at a daycare owned by Goularte’s mom. Velasquez allegedly fired a number of rounds from a handgun into the automobile, with Goularte’s stepfather, Paul Bender, being hit by a bullet and sustaining non-life threatening accidents in consequence.
Goularte, who was launched on bail in opposition to the advice from the prosecution previous to the alleged automotive chase, faces separate prices, together with one depend of lewd acts with a toddler. A trial-setting date in his case is presently scheduled for July 17.
Whereas he awaits trial, Velasquez stays out on bail after spending a number of months in jail earlier than a decide in the end allowed him to return dwelling below circumstances set by the courtroom. Since then, Velasquez has returned to teaching at American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose and in addition carried out in skilled wrestling reveals.
The prosecution beforehand argued in opposition to additional delays within the trial contemplating Velasquez was first arrested again in February 2022. Throughout a previous listening to this previous February, prosecutors indicated that discussions have been ongoing with the protection a couple of potential decision to the case, which might lead to a plea deal. At this level, no deal has been struck.
If convicted on all prices, Velasquez doubtlessly faces a most penalty of life in jail.
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