Courts and crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala breaks down the most gripping trials in the Bexar County courthouse. With her decades of experience, Zavala expertly balances crime stories with the intricacies of the law and details from the scene in the courtr
Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzalez and presiding judge of the 379th state district court Judge Ron Rangel join host Elizabeth Zavala for an in-depth discussion on how COVID 19 has changed the court system and what we can expect moving forward.
Several high-profile criminal cases that were expected to go to trial this year may have to wait until the COVID-19 pandemic is under control, judicial and county officials said. Express News courts and crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala and host Luis Vazquez discuss some of those high-profile cases and where they stand.
Courts and crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala describes the covers the trial of a the driver who ran a red light, speeding more than 100 miles per hour, and was convicted of intoxication manslaughter and manslaughter in the horrific death of Rita Barbara Martinez. https://www.expressnews.com/podcasts/the-docket/
An assistant lacrosse coach at Smithson Valley High School, Randall Perkins, was shot and killed at a party near the main campus of the University of Texas at San Antonio. He was 20.
Courts reporter Elizabeth Zavala discusses a plea agreement reached involving Matthew Dempsey, accused of killing his mother with help from a friend.
Courts and crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala updates listeners on the removal of a visiting judge accused of using racial slurs and a verdict in the killing of a San Antonio college student. Read more: https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Podcast-Removal-of-a-visiting-judge-and-a-14438400.php
In this episode of The Docket, we discuss two murder trials: The retrial of Miguel Martinez, convicted of shooting a UTSA graduate student five times in the head; and the trial of Robert Leon Allen, convicted of killing a 15-year-old in a Whataburger parking lot after a teen girl fight.
Courts and crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala covers a case in which judge is weighing whether to accept a plea agreement that could send a San Antonio man to prison for 40 years for sexually assaulting several women, sparking fear in the Medical Center area for nearly two years.
Express-News crimes and courts reporter Elizabeth Zavala covres the case involving Emond Johnson, accused of murder and arson causing death which resulted in the death of Scott Deem in 2017. Man accused of setting blaze that killed San Antonio firefighter loses bid to get bail reduced Read the report investigating firefighter Scott Deem's death ‘Someone you wanted to know:' Hundreds gather to honor slain SAPD officer
Murder and assault charges against a 16-year-old Madison High School student who fatally stabbed an 18-year-old graduate during a fight last March have been dropped. San Antonio Express-News courts and crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala explains what led to the juvenile's release. For more information on this episode, visit: expressnews.com/podcasts/the-docket/ Background reading: Madison High School teen accused in fatal stabbing is freed, charges dropped Witness describes frantic scene after late-night fatal stabbing of Madison High School grad
San Antonio Express-News courts and crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala has details on a new program for juvenile gang members. Read more at https://www.expressnews.com/author/elizabeth-zavala/?utm_campaign=podcast.
San Antonio Express-News courts and crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala has details on the death of the mother of the only confirmed child murdered by Genene Jones. Read more at https://www.expressnews.com/author/elizabeth-zavala/?utm_campaign=podcast.
San Antonio Express-News courts and crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala describes the history of an Alamo City man, who earlier pleaded guilty to killing his wife, had to be removed from court when family members described how his crime affected their lives. Read more at https://www.expressnews.com/author/elizabeth-zavala/?utm_campaign=podcast.
San Antonio Express-News courts and crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala has updates on the ongoing case against Christopher Davila and two family members for the death and coverup of 8-month-old King Jay Davila. Read more at https://www.expressnews.com/author/elizabeth-zavala/?utm_campaign=podcast.
San Antonio Express-News courts and crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala has updates on the retrial of Luis Antonio Arroyo, who was originally accused of capital murder-multiple persons. Read more at https://www.expressnews.com/author/elizabeth-zavala/?utm_campaign=podcast
San Antonio Express-News courts and crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala has updates on the Genene Jones case. Read more at https://www.expressnews.com/author/elizabeth-zavala/?utm_campaign=podcast
San Antonio Express-News courts and crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala breaks down this week's updates from Bexar County District Attorney Joe D. Gonzales. Read more at https://www.expressnews.com/author/elizabeth-zavala/?utm_campaign=podcast
San Antonio Express-News criminal justice enterprise reporter Emilie Eaton has details on the case of 45 year old Andres Delgado III, who's been sentenced for shooting and killing his son in March of 2018. Read more at https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/San-Antonio-father-going-to-prison-for-killing-13817461.php?utm_campaign=podcast
San Antonio Express-News courts and crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala explains Bexar County's new policy to not hold homeless and mentally ill people for most types of trespassing crimes. Read more at https://www.expressnews.com/author/elizabeth-zavala/?utm_campaign=podcast
San Antonio Express-News courts and crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala has updates on a 16 year old boy who will now be tried as an adult in the murder of a former correctional officer. Read more at https://www.expressnews.com/author/elizabeth-zavala/?utm_campaign=podcast
San Antonio Express-News Courts and Crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala has details on a San Antonio woman on trial for the 2017 murder of her boyfriend after the pair argued. Read more at https://www.expressnews.com/author/elizabeth-zavala/?utm_campaign=podcast
San Antonio Express-News Courts and Crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala has new details on charges against Christopher Davila and other family members authorities say worked together to conceal the death of 8-month-old King Jay Davila. Read more at https://www.expressnews.com/author/elizabeth-zavala/?utm_campaign=podcast
San Antonio Express-News Courts and Crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala breaks down what is currently known about the disappearance of twenty-nine-year-old Andreen McDonald, a San Antonio businesswoman went missing a month ago and is believed to be dead. Read more at https://www.expressnews.com/author/elizabeth-zavala/?utm_campaign=podcast
San Antonio Express-News Courts and Crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala breaks down how a technicality allowed the daughter of a retired police officer to be sentenced twice for the same murder, with the final sentence now longer than her original sentencing. Read more at https://www.expressnews.com/author/elizabeth-zavala/?utm_campaign=podcast?utm_campaign=podcast
San Antonio Express-News Courts and Crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala has details on the activity of a civil rights group trying to enact a cashless bail system for misdemeanor crimes in Bexar County. Read more at https://www.expressnews.com/author/elizabeth-zavala/?utm_campaign=podcast?utm_campaign=podcast
San Antonio Express-News Courts and Crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala has details on the retrial of Vanessa Cameron, the daughter of a retired San Antonio police officer, who was originally convicted in what was called a failed scheme to collect a hefty life insurance payout by orchestrating the death of her child's father, VIA bus driver Samuel Allen Johnson Jr. Read more at https://www.expressnews.com/author/elizabeth-zavala/?utm_campaign=podcast?utm_campaign=podcast
San Antonio Express-News Courts and Crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala gives details on the sentencing of confessed serial killer Johnny Joe Avalos for the rape and strangulation deaths of five women. Read more at https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/San-Antonio-serial-killer-who-raped-and-strangled-13629167.php?utm_campaign=podcast
San Antonio Express-News Courts and Crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala has details on the competency of convicted child killer Genene Jones, who now faces five new charges of murder from the 1980s. Read more at https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/DA-moving-forward-on-new-murder-charges-as-San-13617246.php?utm_campaign=podcast
San Antonio Express-News Courts and Crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala recalls the details of the "random" attack and murder of a San Antonio jogger. Read more at https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/crime/article/Bautista-guilty-of-murder-in-stabbing-death-of-6800786.php?utm_campaign=podcast
San Antonio Express-News Courts and Crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala explains how police used a partial finger print and other evidence to solve the murder and burning of a woman by her ex-boyfriend. Read more at https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/San-Antonio-Antonio-Nu-ez-burning-killing-13543655.php?utm_campaign=podcast
San Antonio Express-News Courts and Crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala explains the final chapter in the criminal cases against a man and a woman involved in the shooting of a police officer during a high speed chase. Read more at https://www.expressnews.com/author/elizabeth-zavala/?utm_campaign=podcast
San Antonio Express-News Courts and Crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala has details on new Bexar County judges and their staff. Read more at https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/New-judges-will-greet-San-Antonio-jurors-this-week-13512870.php?utm_campaign=podcast
San Antonio Express-News Courts and Crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala has details on a lawsuit that has been filed after the recent mistaken raid of a Leon Valley home. Read more at https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Leon-Valley-couple-files-suit-after-drug-raid-on-13492677.php?utm_campaign=podcast
San Antonio Express-News Courts and Crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala breaks down the 2014 and 2015 murders of what could be a San Antonio serial killer and rapist. Read more at https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/crime/article/Alleged-S-A-serial-killer-indicted-in-murder-of-10642220.php?utm_campaign=podcast
San Antonio Express-News Courts and Crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala breaks down the acquittal of Gabriel Moreno in his second trial for a gruesome murder case from 2014. Read more at https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/New-DA-Gonzales-wants-to-review-acquital-in-13472054.php?utm_campaign=podcast
San Antonio Express-News Courts and Crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala has details on the tragic yet uplifting case of four women wrongfully accused of assaulting two young girls in 1994. Read more at https://www.expressnews.com/author/elizabeth-zavala/?utm_campaign=podcast.
San Antonio Express-News Courts and Crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala has details on the retrial of Gabriel Moreno for the horrific killing of a man on Sept. 30, 2014. Read more at https://www.expressnews.com/author/elizabeth-zavala/?utm_campaign=podcast.
San Antonio Express-News Courts and Crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala and Judge Joey Contreras discuss jury selection and how jurors work with both state and federal courts to decide guilt or innocence. Read more at https://www.expressnews.com/author/elizabeth-zavala/?utm_campaign=podcast.
San Antonio Express-News Courts and Crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala describes the year old program that for some felony offenses allows veterans to seek help with their own self-sufficiency through sobriety, employment and education. Read more at https://www.expressnews.com/author/elizabeth-zavala/?utm_campaign=podcast.
San Antonio Express-News Courts and Crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala gives final details on two much reported on cases involving San Antonio men. Read more at: https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Judge-sentences-San-Antonio-killer-who-cut-up-13359421.php https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Former-Ballet-San-Antonio-dancer-found-not-guilty-13359422.php
San Antonio Express-News Courts and Crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala has details on increased security during the sentencing phase of a trial where 32 year old Daniel Moreno Lopez has already been convicted of killing, dismembering and burning the remains of his girlfriend's cousin. Read more at: https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Testimony-continues-in-dismemberment-case-13354491.php https://mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Sentencing-hearing-begins-for-man-convicted-in-13351945.php
San Antonio Express-News Courts and Crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala has details on the sentencing of a man convicted of repeated sexually assaulting his adopted daughter, and the new trial of a son accused of killing his father. Read more at: https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/crime/article/It-is-not-forgivable-Man-accused-of-repeatedly-13330429.php https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/San-Antonio-man-on-trial-accused-of-killing-13328292.php
San Antonio Express-News courts reporter Elizabeth Zavala has details on a delay caused by video evidence in a high profile sexual assault trial. Read more at https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Sex-case-involving-former-San-Antonio-ballerina-13315285.php
San Antonio Express-News courts reporter Elizabeth Zavala has details on the conviction of sentencing of 19 year old Jonathan Andrew Perales, who shot and killed a man in his home. Read more at https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Closing-arguments-begin-in-San-Antonio-area-13299170.php
San Antonio Express-News courts reporter Elizabeth Zavala has news of the open plea agreement for Eusebio Castillo, 48, is accused along with his wife, Laura A. Castillo, 47, of sexually assaulting their adopted daughter and niece, Abigail Alvarado, leading to the birth of three children whom the couple raised to think Alvarado was their older sister. Read more at https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Man-who-fathered-his-adopted-daughter-s-three-13273617.php?
San Antonio Express-News courts reporter Elizabeth Zavala has details on the passing of Joshua Alonzo, a 21 year old with cerebral palsy and schizencephaly. His mother, 47 year old Alma Munoz, has been arrested and charged with causing serious bodily injury to a disabled person in connection with his death. Read more at: https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/crime/article/San-Antonio-mother-arrested-after-disabled-son-13257435.php https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/SA-dad-sentenced-to-40-years-in-beating-death-of-12741486.php
San Antonio Express-News writer Bruce Selcraig has details on the second resignation of John Fleming, a Republican Bexar Country judge who while no longer serving, will still appear on the November ballot. Read more at https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/County-Court-Judge-Fleming-submits-his-13237110.php
San Antonio Express-News courts reporter Elizabeth Zavala has news of the release of Frances Hall and the conviction of a Mark Benavides victim for the intoxication manslaughter of a father walking with his wife and son. Read more at: https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/crime/article/Frances-Hall-convicted-of-killing-husband-2-13212016.php https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Jury-convicts-San-Antonio-woman-in-2013-DWI-death-13213833.php
San Antonio Express-News courts reporter Elizabeth Zavala has updated information on the case of a viral video that captured a visiting teenager being confronted over his "Make America Great Again" hat. Read more at https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Man-accused-of-grabbing-MAGA-cap-throwing-13193988.php
San Antonio Express-News courts reporter Elizabeth Zavala discusses her recent interview with Timothy and Charlotte Mott about their ongoing search for the body of their daughter, who died three years ago from cystic fibrosis, only to have her body go missing before it was to be cremated. Read more at https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Parents-remember-daughter-whose-body-went-missing-13183520.php
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