Overview
- The Sixth District Court of Appeal ruled the evidence did not support willful, deliberate and premeditated murder or a specific intent to kill.
- Justices found prosecutors prejudiced the trial by consolidating unrelated 2009 attempted kidnapping allegations with the 2012 case.
- The court said Antolin Garcia-Torres may be retried, but not under the overturned premeditated-murder theories.
- The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office said it is evaluating the opinion and reaffirmed its commitment to seek justice for Sierra LaMar.
- Sierra LaMar disappeared in 2012 and has not been found, and Garcia-Torres remains incarcerated at Corcoran State Prison as the decision is reviewed.