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

Paul Flores’ lawyers cited four incidents they say should have disqualified the juror in the San Luis Obispo case.

Paul Flores’ conviction and 25-year-to-life sentence for the 1996 murder of Cal Poly freshman Kristin Smart will stand, the California Court of Appeal ruled Friday. Flores was convicted of Smart’s ...

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. Sign ...

A California appeals court denied Paul Flores’ appeal to overturn his murder conviction in the death of Kristin Smart, saying in an opinion released Friday that it found “no cumulative error” to grant ...

Kristin Smart, a Cal Poly student who vanished in 1996, saw her case reach a turning point with the 2022 conviction of Paul Flores for her murder. In October 2025, Flores is back in court seeking to ...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office announced the arrest of Paul Flores for the death of Kristin Smart. "I hope we can have justice for the Smart family," San Luis ...

The man convicted of killing Cal Poly student Kristin Smart lost another bid to have his conviction overturned or reduced to second-degree murder. Santa Rosa opens single-family neighborhoods to ...

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