Police officers work the scene of a double homicide at a home on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, in Dublin, Calif. Devin Willams Jr., an Alameda County Deputy Sheriff, is accused in the double-slaying. A former Alameda County sheriff’s deputy on Friday was ordered to stand trial on murder charges in a double-murder case that has become a recent flashpoint in the debate over District Attorney Pamela Price’s approach to administering justice in the East Bay.
Price now faces a mid-April deadline to decide whether to once again pursue sentencing enhancements against Williams that her administration appeared to sour on just moments before the hearing began. On Friday, Delucchi said prosecutors failed to prove why Williams should face one particular high-level sentencing enhancement — called a special circumstances allegation — that accused Williams of killing Benison Tran to avoid being arrested.
Speaking slowly and deliberately from the stand, a relative at the house that night, Dalton Tran, recalled waking to the sound of Benison Tran’s voice urging him to call 911. When Dalton Tran looked out of his bedroom, he found Williams holding a handgun outside of the couple’s bedroom, while Benison Tran rushed downstairs.
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