Enough evidence to hold Solis Delgado ‘to answer’
Local restaurateur Luis Solis Delgado, 44, of Idyllwild, went before the Riverside County Superior Court last Friday for his preliminary hearing.
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According to the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office, “This is not a trial — but it is a hearing at which the judge determines if there is sufficient evidence to require the defendant to stand trial in superior court. Normally just enough evidence is presented to ‘hold the defendant to answer.’ No jurors will be present, since the judge alone decides if there will be a trial.”
Enough evidence was presented so the next step is an information arraignment set for 8:30 a.m. Friday, May 26.
He is incarcerated at the Southwest Detention Center on $5 million bail.
He is charged with eight felony sex charges involving two minor female children beginning in August 2015 and ending Wednesday, April 26, 2023, the day before he was arrested. One of the felonies has an enhancement that the victim was particularly vulnerable, which he has denied. He has pleaded not guilty to all eight felony charges. He faces life imprisonment if found guilty.
