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LAKEPORT, Calif. – The continued arraignment of a Northshore man accused of killing an Upper Lake woman earlier this month had to be delayed on Monday due to conflicts of interest concerns among local defense attorneys.
Daniel Ray Loyd, 50, of Nice, returned to Lake County Superior Court on Monday, but for a second time did not enter a plea.
He's charged with the Sept. 13 shooting death in Lucerne of 48-year-old Cindy Yvette Quiett.
Charges the District Attorney's Office has filed against Loyd include murder, a special allegation of using a gun and a second special allegation alleging that Quiett's homicide occurred during the commission of a robbery; robbery and a special allegation of use of a firearm; assault with a firearm, with a special allegation of personally using a firearm; allegations of being a felon in possession of a firearm and a felon carrying a loaded firearm in public; being a felon in possession of ammunition; a misdemeanor charge of brandishing a firearm; and special allegations that Loyd had two prior state prison terms, which attach to all of the main counts in the case.
Last week, defense attorney Doug Rhoades was appointed Loyd's attorney, and had asked for additional time before entering a plea, as Lake County News has reported.
However, on Monday, “I and every other public defender had to declare a conflict,” Rhoades told Lake County News.
He said those numerous conflicts for local attorneys arose from the number of people listed either as victims or witnesses in the case, with all of the attorneys having had some contact with some of those individuals.
In Rhoades' place, Ukiah attorney Robert Boyd was appointed Loyd's defense counsel, Rhoades said.
Deputy District Attorney John DeChaine said Loyd's entry of plea was put over to 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11, in Lake County Superior Court's Department Three.
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