Overview
- Judge Lianne Dumas denied release on Friday and kept Valentino Cash Amil in county jail, with a preliminary hearing set for May 8.
- Amil pleaded not guilty to murder and related charges tied to the April 13 incident at Mission Street and South Van Ness Avenue.
- Prosecutors say surveillance video shows Amil’s Mercedes blocking the sidewalk, the pedestrian walking around and spilling water on the hood, and the car then surging forward before she was run over.
- Additional footage, prosecutors say, shows the driver parking at the gas station for about 90 seconds and then leaving when sirens sounded before police later arrested him in Potrero Hill.
- The defense says Amil acted to protect his wife and two children inside the car, while friends describe victim Dannielle Spillman as a longtime San Franciscan who loved playing guitar.