Cain Velasquez is scheduled to go to trial on Sept. 9 to face tried homicide prices, however it’s seemingly the previous UFC heavyweight champion’s courtroom case will get pushed again to a later date.
On Wednesday, a trial readiness listening to was held in Santa Clara County Court docket in California with Velasquez’s lawyer Renee Hessling showing earlier than Choose Elizabeth Peterson to supply an replace because the trial date attracts nearer. Hessling indicated that she expects to file for a continuance within the case to get the trial date pushed again from the September begin time.
“I might point out that I’m not prepared for trial in September,” Hessling instructed the courtroom. “I’ve not filed a 1050. Because the date will get nearer, if I’m nonetheless not prepared, I’ll file a 1050 that outlines the nice trigger reasoning.”
A 1050 is the penal code filed by both the prosecution or the protection when in search of a continuance in a courtroom case.
Whereas Hessling indicated that she expects to file for continuance, a decide received’t rule on that till a later date, so for now Velasquez’s trial continues to be anticipated to start on Sept. 9 at 8:35 a.m. native time. The decide ordered that Velasquez should seem initially of his trial ought to the beginning date stay unchanged.
Velasquez, 41, was arrested on Feb. 28, 2022, after allegedly occurring a high-speed chase pursuing a automobile containing Harry Goularte, a person accused of sexually abusing his son at a daycare owned by Goularte’s mom. Velasquez allegedly fired a number of rounds from a handgun into the automobile, with Goularte’s stepfather, Paul Bender, being hit by a bullet and sustaining non-life threatening accidents in consequence.
Goularte, who was launched on bail in opposition to the advice from the prosecution previous to the alleged automobile chase, faces separate prices, together with one depend of lewd acts with a baby. A trial-setting date in his case is at the moment scheduled for July 17.
Whereas he awaits trial, Velasquez stays out on bail after spending a number of months in jail earlier than a decide in the end allowed him to return residence below circumstances set by the courtroom. Since then, Velasquez has returned to teaching at American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose and likewise carried out in skilled wrestling reveals.
The prosecution beforehand argued in opposition to additional delays within the trial contemplating Velasquez was first arrested again in February 2022. Throughout a previous listening to this previous February, prosecutors indicated that discussions had been ongoing with the protection a few potential decision to the case, which may end in a plea deal. At this level, no deal has been struck.
If convicted on all prices, Velasquez probably faces a most penalty of life in jail.
