LAKEPORT— A Clearlake Oaks man facing charges of attempted murder and assault appeared at the Lake County Superior Court for a motion to withdraw his attorney.
The Court relieved Marion Titus as counsel for the defendant, Treyvon Lashawn Jones, and appointed Lake County Public Defender as counsel for the defendant.
The defendant was not in custody for the hearing.
Attorney Jennifer Ramon from the Lake County Public Defender’s Office was present.
The jury trial set for August has been vacated and a hearing for the re-setting of the jury trial has been set for the end of this month.
Last month the defendant entered a not guilty plea to all counts, denying the special allegations.
The defendant was not in custody during the hearing.
At that time the matter had been set for a settlement/trial readiness conference in July with the jury trial set for August 2024.
During the preliminary hearing earlier this year, it appeared to Judge Andrew S Blum that the felony violation/s had been committed and there is sufficient cause to believe that the defendant is guilty thereof.
It was ordered that the defendant be held to answer to the charges.
During an earlier hearing this year the Court relieved Michael Levinsohn as counsel and appointed Marion Titus as counsel for the defendant.
The People inquired if the current offer has been rejected by the defendant – Mr. Levinsohn confirmed the offer has been rejected.
The People withdrew the offer.
Earlier this year both the People and defense counsel agreed to a continuance stating there was outstanding discovery and possible reappointment of counsel due to Mr. Levinsohn leaving the contract.
The Court confirmed this case for a preliminary hearing.
At the request of the previous defense attorney Michael Levinsohn, witness Daniela Marquez, who was present in court, was ordered to be present at the preliminary hearing.
During a hearing in January, the Court met with counsel in chambers; finding that there was discovery issues necessary to the defense that needed to be resolved.
At that time there were no objections to the defense’s request for a continuance.
In October of last year the defendant entered a not guilty to the charges, denying the special allegations.
The defendant faces two counts of attempted murder, two counts of assault with firearm on person and discharging a firearm in a negligent manner.
The charges stem from an incident that occurred last September when Clearlake Police responded to the 14000 block of Uhl Avenue, which is near Austin Park.
Upon investigation, it was determined that numerous subjects were involved in an altercation, which resulted in a shooting.
Three suspects fled the scene and there were no reported injuries regarding the shooting.
Probable cause to either arrest or obtain arrests warrants for the three suspects was obtained due to the investigation.
There has been one juvenile suspect arrested and as of February, another juvenile allegedly involved has not been arrested as of yet.
The third adult suspect, Treyvon Lashawn Jones, 26 of Clearlake Oaks was identified and arrested in October of last year at his residence. Jones was booked at the Lake County Jail for attempted homicide.
The defendant has since bailed out and no longer remains at the Lake County Jail.
