Before handing down her decision last week, the Fresno judge who decided a teen girl charged in the killing of Caleb Quick in Clovis would not be transferred to an adult proceeding laid out in detail the criteria she was required to weigh.
The Fresno County District Attorney’s Office failed to show Cassandra Michael was beyond rehabilitation and its request to move the youthful offender to an adult criminal court was denied, according to Fresno Superior Court Judge Kimberly A. Gaab.
Michael was 16 when she served as the driver on April 23, 2025, for her boyfriend, Byron Rangel. He was the gunman who pulled the trigger at arm’s length from the back of the head of Caleb Quick, 18, according to prosecutors…