Hello all - I'm posting these ahead of time as I will be unavailable - due to having surgery on Wednesday. I hope to be back on Friday - but you never know...
Please keep good info for me to follow up on!
Friday, January 29th:
*Pretrial Hearing (@ 9am PT) – CA –
Blaze Bernstein (19) (Jan. 2, 2018, Lake Forest; found Jan. 9, 2018) – *Samuel Lincoln Woodward (20/now 22) arrested & charged (1/17/18) with 1 count of felony murder with a hate crime enhancement for killing someone because of their sexual orientation & sentencing enhancement-personal use of a knife. Plead not guilty (again on 11/9/18). $5M bail, bail revoked (11/9/18).
Could be sentenced from 26 years to life in prison without parole.
Trial set to begin on 6/28/21.
Court hearings from 2/2/18 thru 5/1/20 reference post #837 here:
Found Deceased - CA - Blaze Bernstein, 19, Lake Forest, 2 Jan 2018 #7 *Arrest*
6/19/20 Update: Pretrial hearing vacated due to COVID-19 & rescheduled for 8/14/20. 8/14/20 Update: Next pretrial hearing on 11/6/20.
11/6/20 Update: Hearing was held. Next pretrial hearing on 1/29/21 & trial has been set to begin on 6/28/21.