Julie Harper was convicted of second-degree murder for the 2012 death of husband Jason Harper, a math teacher and volleyball coach at Carlsbad High School
Vista Superior Court Judge Michael Washington, who spent years of his career in the Public Defender's Office, will not oversee criminal cases while the matter is pending
Jheran Beverson, 24, was found guilty by a Vista jury earlier this year for the Aug. 7, 2021, shooting death of 52-year-old Shannon Betz, who was found in his bedroom with a gunshot wound to the back of his head.
Roberto Flores first conviction was overturned because his attorney did not follow Flores' desired legal strategy of insisting innocence; appeals court finds he should have been appointed a new attorney for his retrial