Cain Velasquez is scheduled to go to trial on Sept. 9 to face tried homicide costs, however it’s doubtless the previous UFC heavyweight champion’s court docket case will get pushed again to a later date.
On Wednesday, a trial readiness listening to was held in Santa Clara County Courtroom in California with Velasquez’s legal professional Renee Hessling showing earlier than Decide 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’d point out that I’m not prepared for trial in September,” Hessling informed the court docket. “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 great trigger reasoning.”
A 1050 is the penal code filed by both the prosecution or the protection when in search of a continuance in a court docket 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 remains to be anticipated to start on Sept. 9 at 8:35 a.m. native time. The decide ordered that Velasquez should seem at first 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 car, 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 towards the advice from the prosecution previous to the alleged automobile chase, faces separate costs, together with one depend of lewd acts with a toddler. A trial-setting date in his case is at present 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 house underneath circumstances set by the court docket. 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 towards 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 couple of potential decision to the case, which may end in a plea deal. At this level, no deal has been struck.
If convicted on all costs, Velasquez doubtlessly faces a most penalty of life in jail.
