After more than several delays and reschedulings in the case over the years, a jury trial date still remains pending for a California Medical Facility inmate charged with the murder of a fellow inmate more than six years ago in the medium-security Vacaville prison.
But Sherman Dunn, 50, who appeared Thursday in Solano County Superior Court, will learn of his trial date when he returns to Department 15 at 8:30 a.m. April 14 and faces Judge Robert Bowers in the Justice Center in Fairfield.
During past proceedings, Deputy District Attorney Elizabeth Ring has led the prosecution, and Fairfield criminal defense attorney Laura Petty the defense.
Dunn is accused of killing Jose Garcia on Aug. 22, 2015, in a CMF dormitory and has pleaded not guilty to the charge.
After an August 2018 preliminary hearing, Judge Robert C. Fracchia ruled there was enough evidence to hold Dunn accountable for the allegation.
During the hearing, several former CMF inmates described the events that preceded the killing, with one saying he saw Dunn hit Garcia with a cane “four times” and continued to strike Garcia after the cane broke in dormitory R1 at the California Drive prison, where the state’s inmates receive medical, dental and psychiatric treatment. The witness described the final blow as “a stabbing.”
Fairfield pathologist Dr. Arnold Josselson, who performed the autopsy on Garcia, said that Garcia died as the result of the jamming of a cane into his skull, just above and behind the left ear.If convicted of the murder, Dunn could face a mandatory life sentence without parole or the death penalty.
Trial date still pending for CMF inmate charged with killing another inmate - East Bay Times
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