Contra Costa County Superior Court Wakefield Taylor Courthouse, Martinez (2019) Established 1850 Jurisdiction Contra Costa County, California Location Martinez Richmond Pittsburg Walnut...
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MARTINEZ — A former Contra Costa Sheriff’s deputy who was fired and charged with five felonies had stockpiled e-signatures of superior court judges on a thumb drive found in his patrol car, according to police testimony at his preliminary hearing Thursday. Matthew Buckley, 42, of Pinole, has been charged with not just stealing two assault rifles from an Antioch resident in 2020, but also with forging documents with two judges’ signatures in an attempt to cover up the thefts. But testimony ...
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MARTINEZ — An appeals court has overturned murder convictions for two East Bay men, citing a Contra Costa judge’s remarks at the 2020 trial that he’d allow the prosecutor to excuse her third prospective Filipino juror but wouldn’t accept her rationale for a fourth. The defendants, 30-year-old Christova Topete and 36-year-old Sam Nazareta, were convicted in 2020 of murdering 20-year-old Joseph West outside the Atlantic Plaza Shopping Center in Pittsburg in 2017. Now, both men are returning to Contra Costa County Superior Court, either to ...
MARTINEZ — A judge indicated Monday he isn’t likely to halt Contra Costa County’s temporary ban on outdoor dining as requested in a lawsuit filed by a group of restaurant owners. During a morning hearing, Superior Court Judge Steve Austin said he was inclined to agree with the county’s argument that the plaintiffs had not provided sufficient evidence to the court that the ban is causing irreparable harm. But he invited both parties to submit any further evidence and legal arguments before he decides on Christmas Eve whether to grant a p ...
MARTINEZ — Richard E. Arnason, who during nearly 50 years as a Contra Costa Superior Court judge built a towering legacy and reputation for civility that extended even to those he sent to prison for life, died Thursday at age 94. “He was the quintessential jurist,” Contra Costa District Attorney Mark Peterson wrote in an email to his staff. “He worked incredibly hard. He rarely took vacation, and when he did, he devoted those vacations to teaching other jurists. He was kind and patient with staff, attorneys, litigants, and even the most ...
MARTINEZ — Just three weeks after she helped secure a six-year prison term for a now former Contra Costa County deputy convicted of assault in a fatal shooting, longtime prosecutor Colleen Gleason has been made a superior court judge. Gleason, a deputy district attorney in Contra Costa since 2002, was appointed March 25 by Gov. Gavin Newsom, according to a news release from Newsom’s office. She is to replace retiring Judge Cheryl Mills. In her 20 years at the District Attorney’s office, Gl...