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Murder conviction overturned in Hayward BART stabbing

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By Bob Egelko Verified
| Yahoo Verified
BART police shut down the South Hayward BART Station after a 2019 homicide that sprang from a dispute over a shoe. (Kate Munsch/For the S.F. Chronicle) A state appeals court has overturned a San Francisco man's murder conviction for a fatal stabbing on a BART train in Hayward, saying the trial judge failed to instruct the jury properly on the man's belief that he had the right to defend himself.
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California Supreme Court to consider fate of Sonoma State athletics

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By Bob Egelko Verified
| Yahoo Verified
The California Supreme Court will decide whether Sonoma State University, facing an ongoing budget deficit, can be legally challenged on its decision last year to eliminate 22 academic programs and its entire intercollegiate sports program and fire numerous faculty members. A Superior Court judge ruled in May 2025 that the university was entitled to make the cuts to address a $24 million deficit, and a state appeals court decided this March that the decision could not be appealed.
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Murder conviction overturned in Hayward BART stabbing

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By Bob Egelko Verified
| San Francisco Chronicle Verified
A state appeals court has overturned a San Francisco man’s murder conviction for a fatal stabbing on a BART train in Hayward, saying the trial judge failed to instruct the jury properly on the man’s belief that he had the right to defend himself. But the court said Jermaine Brim was still guilty of at least voluntary manslaughter for the stabbing, and the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office could decide within 60 days whether to retry him for second-degree murder.
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