WOODLAND, Calif. — Jury selection proceeded Friday morning in Yolo County Superior Court in the retrial of Carlos Reales Dominguez, with attorneys questioning prospective jurors about media exposure, cannabis use, mental illness and expert testimony in a case centered on an insanity defense.
The matter is being heard before Judge Samuel T. McAdam. Dominguez, the former UC Davis student charged in the 2023 Davis stabbings, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
Friday’s proceedings centered largely on follow-up questioning stemming from written juror questionnaires previously completed by members of the jury pool. Attorneys for both sides used the responses to probe whether prospective jurors could remain impartial in a case expected to involve extensive testimony regarding schizophrenia, cannabis-induced psychosis and competing expert opinion…