The Ventura County Trial That Won't End

Monday January 27, 2025

     Updated--It's the Ventura County trial that won't end.

     A jury last week found 47-year-old Micah Smith of Calabasas guilty on most of the charges against him regarding his retrial in an extensive child sexual abuse case.

     They also found true several special allegations relating to the case.

     But Monday they held separate deliberations regarding special allegations of prior convictions and while the jury said they reached verdicts on some of them they were hopelessly deadlocked on the rest.

     They said on the ones they were not able to decide they were hopelessly deadlocked 11-1 for finding those unresolved special allegations true.

     So there are still unresolved special allegations that a third jury will be brought in to deal with sometime in the future.

     Meanwhile, Smith remains in jail with no bail and he will be sentenced on March 27th on the charges and special allegations where the current jury reached verdicts.