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Below you will find links to written findings by District Attorney Steve Wolfson, in which he explains a particular decision relating to a specific case. As these types of findings are released, they will be made available on this site.
2025
2024
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Peinado, Phillip March 3, 3023.pdf
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Jeffrey Hair June 23, 2023.pdf
- Legal Analysis Surronding the Death of Sandra Lopez-Ochoa on August 25, 2023.pdf
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Jose Alexis Cabrera-Hernandez.pdf
2023
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Christopher Smith Jr. on October 10, 2022.pdf
- Legal Analysis Surronding the Death of William Konkol on December 30, 2022.pdf
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Jason Dunkel on September 26, 2022.pdf
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Darin Dyer on September 24, 2022.pdf
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Rodney Finch on November 4, 2022.pdf
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Gabriel Charles on September 10, 2022.pdf
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Miguel Gallarzo on July 3, 2022.pdf
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Jose Oyuela-Palma September 21, 2021 (2).pdf
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Jason Neo Bourne November 3, 2020.pdf
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Isaiah Williams January 10, 2022.pdf
2022
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Ricardo Antonio Otero January 6, 2022.pdf
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Michael Allensworth March 28, 2022.pdf
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Steven Thomas November 17, 2021.pdf
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Mario Martinez October 12, 2021.pdf
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Demetrius Roberts October 4, 2021.pdf
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Reiner Sommer October 18, 2021
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Trent Leach on September 21, 2021
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Adrian Cervantes on October 3, 2021
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Douglas Claiborne on July 27, 2021 July
2021
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of William Holt on May 4, 2021.pdf
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Mason Workman on April 19, 2020
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Marvin Payton, Jr. on February 3, 2021.pdf
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Stephen Douris on February 29, 2020
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Seth Holliday on September 6, 2020.pdf
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Matthew Patton on September 9, 2020.pdf
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Nathaniel Sironen on December 8, 2020.pdf
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Maurice Parker on October 27, 2020
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Fred Brown on April 23, 2020
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of John Watson III on December 14, 2019
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Justin Charland on May 5, 2020
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Robert Wenman on June 22, 2020
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Jorge Gomez on June 1, 2020
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Jose Hernandez on April 18, 2020
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Joshua Squires on August 10, 2020
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Jeffery Hubbard on August 16, 2020
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Jesus Caballero-Herrera on April 29, 2020
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of James Pease, Jr. on May 7, 2020
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Claudia Rodriguez-Mendez on October 21, 2019
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Chase Rosa on April 21, 2020
2020
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Kenneth Simeus, Jr. on November 20, 2019
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of David Baxter on January 31, 2020
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Jamarri Tarver on January 2, 2020 [description=10/26/2020]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Byron Lee Williams on September 5, 2019 [description=10/13/2020]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Nicholas Farah on March 31, 2019.pdf [description=03/26/2020]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Alex Underdown on May 14, 2019 [description=03/06/2020]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Steve Garcia on March 19, 2019. [description=01/10/2020]
2019
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Michael Lopez on August 19, 2019 [description=10-20-2020]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Michael Cohen on March 15, 2019 [description=11/15/19]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Horacio Ruiz Rodriguez on January 21, 2019 [description=11/15/19]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Isai Rodriguez on January 24, 2019 [description=11/15/19]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Spurgeon Daniels, Jr. on August 6, 2018 [description=10/10/19]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Ryan Yamasaki on September 13, 2018 [description=10/10/19]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Roosevelt Brown on August 25, 2018 [description=10/10/19]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Kenneth Busse Jr. on October 10, 2018 [description=10/10/19]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Gonzalo Rico-Jimenez on October 31, 2018 [description=10/10/19]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of William Fuller on August 8, 2018 [description=10/10/19]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Demontry Boyd on December 1, 2018 [description=10/10/19]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Lloyd Napouk on October 27, 2018 [description=05/28/19]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Terrance White, Jr.on June 14, 2018 [description=05/22/19]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Danzel Boyd on August 3, 2018 [description=05/21/19]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Junior Lopez on April 6, 2018 [description=04/08/19]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Christopher Gatewood on March 29, 2018 [description=03/14/19]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Axell Vivas on January 26, 2018 [description=01/28/19]
2018
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Phillip Pitts on November 11, 2017 [description=10/12/18]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Jarrett Varnado on November 6, 2017 [description=08/30/18]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Cody O'Bryan on September 25, 2017 [description=08/27/18]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Miguel Salas on August 1, 2017 [description=08/20/18]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of George Tillman on June 25, 2017 [description=06/19/18]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Craig Cuddihy on September 28, 2017 [description=05/30/18]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Caleb Blaylock on July 11, 2017 [description=05/30/18]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Pedro Ramirez on June 20, 2017NAL - RELEASED.pdf [description=05/30/18]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Steven Price on May 6, 2017 [description=05/30/18]
2017
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Shooting of Phillip Murry on January 3, 2017 [description=03/01/17]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Francisco Suarez-Maldonado on June 1, 2017 [description=12/15/17]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Paul Palmer on January 21, 2017 [description=06/19/17]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Rex Wilson on October 12, 2016
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Javier Munoz on October 19, 2016 [description=04/17/17]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Matthew Gibbon on August 26, 2016 [description=04/12/17]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Donovan Kyle Anderson on September 22, 2015 [description=04/07/17]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Jeremias Cruz on May 19, 2016 [description=04/05/17]
2016
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Efren Trujillo-Soriano on April 11, 2016 [description=12/28/16]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Brenda Kimberling on December 14, 2015 [description=12/20/16]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of James Smyth on November 6, 2015 [description=12/20/16]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Linda Lush on October 15, 2015 [description=12/20/16]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Roberto Ortiz Sanchez on December 14, 2015 [description=12/06/16]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Thomas McEniry on November 24, 2015 [description=11/16/16]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Keith Childress on December 31, 2015 [description=09/22/16]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of James Marcus Brown on August 29, 2015 [description=08/29/16]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Bryan Bauer on July 4, 2015 [description=08/11/2016]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Abel Correa on August 7, 2015 [description=08/02/16]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of William Snider Sr. on August 23, 2015 [description=07/18/16]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Demario James Keyes on June 27, 2015 [description=07/15/16]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of James Todora on July 10, 2015 [description=5/31/2016]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Bryan Keith Day on July 25, 2015 [description=5/13/2016]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Figueroa-Meza on January 11, 2015 [description=1/8/2016]
2015
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of John Allen on March 29, 2015 [description=11/20/2015]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Francis Spivey on February 25, 2015 [description=11/16/2015]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Francis Spivey on February 25, 2015 [description=11/16/2015]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Jessie Vigil on July 29, 2014 [description=11/16/2015]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Deaths of Jerad and Amanda Miller on June 8, 2014 [description=11/2/2015]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Officer Involved Shooting of Herbert Earl Green [description=9/3/2015]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Mimi Diane Goldberg on June 25, 2014 [description=9/2/2015]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Danny Wadsworth on May 30, 2014 [description=7/6/2015]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Officer Involved Shooting of David Robinson [description=6/17/2015]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Travis Jay Doering [description=6/16/2015]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Al Jarreau Crosspdf [description=4/30/2015]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Ronald Wayne Tate [description=4/28/2015]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of D'Andre Berghartrghart [description=4/9/2015]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Ryan Marone [description=4/9/2015]
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Kenneth Alan Johnson [description=2/17/2015]
2014
- Legal Analysis Surrounding the Death of Zachary Andrews [description=12/19/2014]
- Safety and Operational Aviation Review ("SOAR") Report [description=11/19/2014]
- Report on Use of Force re Patrick Heki [description=10/8/2014]
- Report on Use of Force re Southaly Ketmany [description=8/19/2014]
- Report on Use of Force re Edward Scheboth [description=7/9/2014]
- Report on Use of Force re Antoine Hodges [description=5/21/2014]
- Report on Use of Force re Javier Reyes [description=4/3/2014]
- Report on Use of Force re Luis Solano [description=3/6/2014]
- Report on Use of Force re Roberto Torres [description=1/9/2014]
2013
- Report on Use of Force re Justin Hoey [description=10/14/2013]
- Report on Use of Force re Ronald Morrison [description=10/3/2013]
- Report on Use of Force re Joshua Burchell [description=8/12/2013]
- Report on Use of Force re Daniel Hathorne [description=6/24/2013]
- Report on Use of Force re Thomas Domagala [description=4/18/2013]
- Report on Use of Force re Stanley Gibson [description=4/11/2013]
- Report on Use of Force re Alejandro Sanchez-Escoto [description=12/2/2013]
2012
- Memorandum of Decision regarding officer involved death of Andy Soto [description=12/12/2012]
- Memorandum of Decision regarding officer involved death of Sharmel Edwards [description=11/20/2012]
- Memorandum of Decision regarding officer involved death of Marc Hull [description=8/20/2012]
- Photo of Marc Hull with officers [description=8/20/2012]
- Photo of Marc Hull with gun in hand [description=8/20/2012]
- Memorandum of Decision regarding officer involved death of Bernard Pate [description=8/20/2012]
- Memorandum of Decision regarding officer involved death of Jason Baires [description=8/20/2012]
- Memorandum of Decision regarding officer involved death of Alberto Castillo [description=7/30/2012]
- Memorandum of Decision regarding officer involved death of Luis Silva [description=7/30/2012]
- Memorandum of Decision regarding officer involved death of Rafael Olivas [description=7/30/2012]
- Memorandum of Decision regarding officer involved death of Michael Chevalier [description=6/20/2012]
- Memorandum of Decision regarding officer involved death of David Paul Gonzalez [description=6/20/2012]
- Memorandum of Decision regarding officer involved death of Abdul Hamlan [description=6/20/2012]
- Memorandum of Decision regarding officer involved death of Fernando Sauceda [description=6/5/2012]
- Memorandum of Decision regarding officer involved death of Jaime Padilla [description=5/18/2012]
- Memorandum of Decision regarding officer involved death of Mauricio S. Hernandez [description=5/18/2012]
- Photo of Mauricio S. Hernandez with gun in hand [description=5/18/2012]
- Memorandum of Decision regarding officer involved death of Tory Manvilla [description=5/18/2012]
- Memorandum of Decision regarding officer involved death of Benjamin Bowman [description=5/7/2012]
- Memorandum of Decision regarding officer involved death of Anthony Jones [description=5/7/2012]
- Memorandum of Decision regarding officer involved death of Anthony James Brenes [description=4/19/2012]
- Memorandum of Decision regarding officer involved death of Eduardo Lopez-Hernandez [description=4/19/2012]
- Memorandum of Decision regarding the Henderson Police video incident [description=4/6/2012]