Court news, trials in Palm Springs, Coachella Valley http://www.mydesert.com en-us Copyright 2013, mydesert SaxoTech Online Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:34:44 -0700 15 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130521/NEWS0802/305210013 Jodi Arias, who said after her murder conviction she would prefer death to life imprisonment, stood before jurors Tuesday and pleaded for her life instead, asking them not to punish her family for her actions. Tue, 21 May 2013 15:33:00 -0700 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130521/NEWS0802/305210013 http://www.mydesert.com/viewart/20130520/NEWS0802/305200034 A Riverside County nurse caught trying to send child pornography to a girl via the Internet was sentenced Monday to 10 years in federal prison. Mon, 20 May 2013 22:53:00 -0700 http://www.mydesert.com/viewart/20130520/NEWS0802/305200034 http://www.mydesert.com/viewart/20130520/NEWS0802/305200011 A Palm Springs man whose truck collided with a compact car, injuring the 73-year-old driver, pleaded guilty Monday to driving under the influence. Mon, 20 May 2013 20:26:00 -0700 http://www.mydesert.com/viewart/20130520/NEWS0802/305200011 http://www.mydesert.com/viewart/20130520/NEWS0802/305200005 Complaining that Jodi Arias' sensational murder case has become a modern-day 'witch trial,' her lawyers tried to quit in the middle of the death-penalty phase Monday, then said they will call only one witness: Arias. Mon, 20 May 2013 16:05:00 -0700 http://www.mydesert.com/viewart/20130520/NEWS0802/305200005 http://www.mydesert.com/viewart/20130517/NEWS0802/305170037 A 57-year-old man accused of exposing himself to a girl in a Jurupa Valley supermarket pleaded not guilty Friday to indecent exposure. Fri, 17 May 2013 23:29:00 -0700 http://www.mydesert.com/viewart/20130517/NEWS0802/305170037 http://www.mydesert.com/viewart/20130517/NEWS0802/305170036 An ex-con accused of fatally beating a homeless man with a rock during a confrontation in a transient camp near Lake Elsinore must stand trial on murder and other charges, a judge ruled Friday. Fri, 17 May 2013 23:27:00 -0700 http://www.mydesert.com/viewart/20130517/NEWS0802/305170036 http://www.mydesert.com/viewart/20130517/NEWS0802/305170017 Criminal charges were filed Friday against a 29-year-old Sun Valley man who allegedly used an electronic skimmer to steal account information from Chase bank customers at a La Quinta branch. Fri, 17 May 2013 21:41:00 -0700 http://www.mydesert.com/viewart/20130517/NEWS0802/305170017 http://www.mydesert.com/viewart/20130517/NEWS0802/305170016 A Blythe man pleaded not guilty by insanity this week to a crime spree in which he allegedly broke into a senior apartment building, started a fire, drove a stolen car into some firefighters and took a victim hostage at gunpoint, using him as a shield. Fri, 17 May 2013 21:35:00 -0700 http://www.mydesert.com/viewart/20130517/NEWS0802/305170016