WOODLAND, Calif. — Defense expert witnesses testified this week in the retrial of Carlos Reales Dominguez that he was experiencing schizophrenia, not cannabis-induced psychosis, at the time of the 2023 Davis stabbing incidents, as testimony focused on whether severe mental illness explains his mental state during the charged offenses.
Dominguez is being retried on two counts of second-degree murder and one count of attempted murder following a mistrial last year. He is charged in connection with the 2023 Davis stabbing incidents, including the killings of David Breaux and Karim Abou Najm and the attempted murder of Kimberly Guillory. His mental state at the time of the alleged offenses has become a central issue in the case.
Deputy Public Defender Daniel Hutchinson first called forensic psychiatrist Dr. Sarah Vinson to testify about her independent evaluation of Dominguez…