A former California college student charged with murder in the 1996 disappearance of classmate Kristin Smart and the defendant's father, who is accused of helping hide her body, made their first court ...

Paul Flores, Cal Poly freshman Kristin Smart's convicted killer, is asking the Court of Appeal for a new hearing after it ...

Oral arguments as to whether Kristin Smart’s convicted killer Paul Flores should have the jury’s verdict overturned or reduced took place Thursday — almost three years to the date of Flores’ ...

An appeals court has upheld the first-degree murder conviction for Kristin Smart's killer following an appeal hearing in his case earlier this month.

This article was first published on KSBY. The case against Kristin Smart's killer went back before a judge Thursday, nearly three years since his first-degree murder conviction was handed down. An ...

Paul Flores’ attempt to overturn or reduce his conviction for the murder of Cal Poly freshman Kristin Smart is full of “meritless claims,” the California Attorney General’s Office argued in a new ...

Another appeal has been filed by the man convicted of murdering Kristin Smart. In 2022, a Monterey County jury found Paul Flores guilty of the Cal Poly freshman’s 1996 murder. The latest brief filed ...

Paul Flores' appeal of his conviction for the murder of Kristin Smart was denied in an unpublished opinion from the Second ...

Nearly three years after being convicted of murdering Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo freshman Kristin Smart in 1996, Paul Flores is back in court—this time seeking to overturn the verdict that sentenced ...

Paul Flores filed a new appellate brief challenging his 2022 murder conviction. Key arguments include juror bias, improper testimony, and prosecutorial conduct. The appeal is fully briefed; court has ...

Defense attorney Robert Sanger, right, appears with his client, Paul Flores, in Monterey County Superior Court in Salinas on March 10, 2023. A jury convicted Flores of murdering Cal Poly student ...