“If these cases have shown us anything historically, it’s that people should withhold any determination until all the facts come out at trial,” he said. Testimony showed that Kenneth French knocked down Sanchez with a hard, unprovoked punch to the back of his head as Sanchez held his young child.Īfter the hearing, in an interview, Schwartz noted the far lower standard of proof required at preliminary hearings than at trials.
Schwartz, cross-examined prosecution witnesses but did not call any witnesses of his own during the three-day hearing in Riverside nor make a closing argument to Diaz. said before setting Sanchez’s re-arraignment for Aug. “After hearing conflicting testimony from witnesses, the court reviewed the law of imperfect self-defense, the court reviewed the law of self-defense, the court reviewed the law of defense of others, the court also reviewed the law on voluntary manslaughter and even of involuntary manslaughter,” Superior Court Judge Samuel Diaz Jr. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Salvador Alejandro Sanchez, 31, was charged by the state Attorney General’s Office with voluntary manslaughter in the Jdeath of Kenneth French, 32, and two counts of assault with a firearm in the shooting of Russell French, now 61, and Paola French, 62.
15, that there was sufficient evidence that the volley of 10 shots was not fired in self-defense.
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The LAPD later fired Sanchez. In a civil case, a federal jury in Riverside in October awarded $17 million to Kenneth French’s estate and his parents.A former Los Angeles police officer whom authorities in Riverside County declined to charge after he fatally shot an intellectually disabled man and wounded his parents at the Costco in Corona will stand trial on charges brought by the state after a judge ruled Monday, Aug. The parents, Sanchez says, “may have gotten in the way.” Sanchez then acknowledges that fact and says he saw “a blast,” saw French “hunkered down” and possibly “still armed,” so he fired. “That guy,” Sanchez replies, pointing toward Kenneth French, who lay dead in a pool of blood - an image that caused a relative in the courtroom to break down.Īn off-duty sheriff’s deputy then tells Corona police that it was Sanchez who fired. “Where is the shooter?” Slane says in the video. In Slane’s body-worn camera video, Sanchez says he thought he had been shot and that his head hurt. He entered to find Sanchez flat on his back in the deli. Robert Slane, the first officer to arrive after 911 calls. The testimony concluded with Corona police Cpl. “I hope this is the last question,” she said wearily at one point. He fell straight down, she said.īoladian acknowledged being nervous about testifying. Then she changed that testimony to five to 10 seconds.Īnother witness, Regina Boladian, 72, said she handed out samples first to the Frenches and then to the Sanchezes before Kenneth French slipped in behind his parents, walked over to Sanchez and punched him in the right temple. But then she told Deputy Attorney General Mike Murphy that she had informed police that Sanchez was on the floor only one second. One witness, Diane Bawic, 24, told Schwartz that Sanchez was on the floor for 10 seconds and possibly unconscious before awakening and firing. That witness told Detective Lisa Larios that Kenneth French walked over to Sanchez in the span of four to five seconds and punched him, walked away and stood facing Sanchez, his fists clinched, before Sanchez shot him dead. But another witness, according to a police detective who testified, told her that Sanchez was able to put down his infant son before falling. Schwartz declined to comment on the focus on how Sanchez fell after he was blindsided.īut if Sanchez “crumbled,” as one witness said, it could show that Sanchez was badly injured and could have acted reflexively when he fired. After the hearing was continued to Thursday, defense attorney Michael D.
10, Sanchez’s attorney and a state prosecutor focused on Sanchez’s fall while wading through testimony from two forgetful witnesses who often contradicted their 2019 testimony before the Grand Jury. On the first day of the hearing on Wednesday, Aug.
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