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James Goodman, once facing life-or-death murder charges in Oakland for a 2022 shooting with shaky evidence and DNA that didn’t match him, was freed just months before prosecutors dropped the case. But his troubles aren’t over—just 11 days after his Oakland charges were dismissed, he’s back behind bars in San Jose accused of killing 23-year-old Micheal Teghen Amuche. His legal history? A 2022 parole violation where he allegedly rammed his car into a family vehicle and threatened police, then fled again in 2023 during an Oakland arrest—this time crashing into a car with a child inside. The Alameda DA couldn’t build a case due to conflicting witness accounts—including one from his own relative—and no forensic link to him. Now, Santa Clara County investigates the new murder, as Goodman and co-defendant Devinae Mitchell are held in Hercules while authorities dig deeper into what happened on May 2nd.

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