January 9, 2021 at 6:23 pm by Max Abrams
The preliminary hearing for the October arrest of Isla Vista âMirror Busâ driver Zachary Coughlin was postponed during his originally scheduled preliminary hearing on Jan. 5, following a new change in defense attorneys.Â
Coughlin requested to have a Marsden hearing, which allows criminal defendants to represent themselves in court.Â
Courtesy of Raquel Zick
A hearing to reschedule the preliminary hearing will take place on Jan. 14.
Melissa Fernandez, Coughlinâs previous criminal defense attorney, cited an undisclosed conflict during the Jan. 5 hearing and said she could no longer represent Coughlin in his stalking case from May 2020 and more recent case from October 2020, in which he was charged with 17 felonies, including rape, oral copulation and kidnapping.Â