In The News
Jeff Zimel has substantial experience handling the defense of high-profile criminal cases. Below are some of the published news articles about Mr. Zimel's cases
Publish Date: 10/22/09
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Source: KESQ.com
Closing Arguments in the Najera Trial. Click for streaming video.
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Publish Date: 10/22/09
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Source: KESQ.com
INDIO - Opening statements wrapped up and testimony has begun in the trial of a reputed gang member accused of gunning down a man in a driveway during a robbery in Cathedral City.
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Publish Date: 04/04/2009
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Source: The Californian
A U.S. Marine sergeant and his wife were both bound with red duct tape and shot in the head multiple times in their Winchester home according to testimony offered Friday during a preliminary hearing for the four U.S. Marines accused of the double-murder.
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Publish Date: 04/18/2008
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Source: The Press-Enterprise
A judge Friday took the unusual step of suspending the second-degree murder sentence of a Nuevo man after a lengthy, emotional hearing in a courtroom packed with his loved ones.
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Publish Date: 08/20/2007
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Source: The Press-Enterprise
A man and woman who authorities say helped those who committed the $1.58 million robbery of the Soboba Casino have pleaded guilty to being accessories after the fact and now face time behind bars.
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Publish Date: 08/08/2007
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Source: The Press-Enterprise
A judge sentenced a Sun City man Tuesday to 12 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to kidnapping his former girlfriend and setting fire to the Canyon Lake home in which she lived.
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Publish Date: 08/03/2007
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Source: The Press-Enterprise
The father of a dead 19-year- old woman on Friday told the Wildomar man convicted of her manslaughter death that he has been forgiven and should change his life for the better.
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Publish Date: 07/13/2007
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Source: The Press-Enterprise
Jose Alfonso Urrutia ended his sophomore year in 2002 at a Lake Elsinore high school with a 3.3 grade-point average. He also had been on the track and soccer teams.
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Publish Date: 06/08/2007
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Source: The Press-Enterprise
Jurors on Friday convicted a 21-year-old man of attempted murder to benefit a Lake Elsinore gang in connection with a 2003 shooting.
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Publish Date: 05/24/2007
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Source: The Press-Enterprise
A Perris man told authorities that his friend was the one who shot a 19-year-old Perris man in the parking lot of a Good Hope grocery store, an investigator testified Thursday.
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Publish Date: 04/30/2007
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Source: The Press-Enterprise
A prosecutor Monday told three separate juries how a 19-year-old Perris man was gunned down in a Good Hope parking lot after locking eyes with a Lake Elsinore gang member who interpreted it as a sign of disrespect that could not go unchallenged.
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Publish Date: 09/14/2006
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Source: The Californian
A Temecula teen wept and apologized Thursday before pleading guilty to killing a man in a car crash nearly a year ago.
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Publish Date: 2006
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Source: Los Angeles Times
Jury finds skateboarder guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of his 2-year-old son. Woman is guilty of second-degree murder.
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Publish Date: 2006
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Source: Los Angeles Times
Neil Heddings' boy died of blows from Christine 'Pinky' Rams, Riverside County prosecutor says during final arguments.
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Publish Date: 2006
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Source: Los Angeles Times
Neil Heddings was in a Riverside County court. His girlfriend, also on trial, will not testify.
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Publish Date: 06/07/2006
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Source: CBS2 Riverside
Neil Heddings was in a Riverside County court. His girlfriend, also on trial, will not testify.
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