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Kotlinski Criminal Proceedings

The separate Yuma County Superior Court criminal cases against Ethan Riley Kotlinski and Amanda Lee Kotlinski, including current charge listings, competency proceedings and reported court schedules. Both pleaded not guilty; allegations remain unproved.

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  • Primary source · Government recordA.R.S. 13-4501: competency definitions

    Current official statute checked October 12: incompetence concerns inability to understand proceedings or assist defense; mental illness or disability alone does not establish incompetence. General law, not a finding about either defendant.

  • Primary source · Government recordA.R.S. 13-4510: competency hearing and orders

    Current official statute checked October 12: competent defendants proceedings continue without delay; initial incompetence generally leads to restoration treatment under statutory limits. Does not establish restoration treatment occurred in this case.

  • Primary source · Government recordA.R.S. 13-502: insanity test and guilty-except-insane defense

    Current official statute checked October 12: legal insanity concerns mental disease or defect at the time of the criminal act such that the person did not know it was wrong; defendant must prove it by clear and convincing evidence. Does not establish a pending or resolved defense in this case.

  • Primary source · Government recordArizona Judicial Branch case search: Kotlinski Yuma Superior Court criminal dockets, checked October 12, 2026

    Direct browser inspection of S-1400-CR-202600238 (Ethan Riley) and S-1400-CR-202600237 (Amanda Lee), Yuma County Superior, category CRIMINAL. Both list counts 1,2,4 sexual conduct with minor and count 3 sexual abuse; March 24 indictment and March 30 arraignment. Ethan August 20 Rule 11 evaluation order; September 23 truncated Rule 11 finding entry; latest activity October 1. Amanda July 28 settlement-conference setting; latest activity October 2. Judge fields blank. Minute search exposed only March/April for Ethan and through July 24 for Amanda, no competency or current scheduling order. Not a complete official case file; weekly update limits. No protected psychiatric documents obtained. Do not infer a competency ruling date from the truncated September 23 entry.

  • Secondary source / research lead · News reportKYMA: Ethan Kotlinski insanity-defense reporting, August 26, 2026

    Reports not-guilty plea, attorneys raising insanity defense and September 16 scheduled appearance. Does not establish formal defense notice or current status of that defense.

  • Secondary source / research lead · News reportKYMA: Kotlinski not-guilty pleas, March 30, 2026

    Reports both defendants pleaded not guilty on March 30. Its two-sexual-conduct-count description conflicts with the police release and October 12 Superior Court case-search tables, which list three sexual-conduct counts and one sexual-abuse count each. No graphic allegation or child-identifying location details reproduced.

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  • Secondary source / research lead · News reportKYMA: Yuma child sexual abuse case heading to trial, October 8, 2026

    Reports Ethan competent to stand trial, February trial month and Amanda November 13 hearing. Does not give ruling date, judge, precise trial date, evaluation/restoration process, or disposition of insanity defense. Competency and scheduling claims remain attributed to KYMA.

  • Primary source · Public statementYuma Police Department: March 25, 2026 Kotlinski arrest and indictment announcement

    Police-issued release, hosted by KYMA, police incident 2026-18604. Establishes police statements about March 12 report, March 16 arrests, and three sexual-conduct counts plus one sexual-abuse count per defendant. Allegations remain unproved. Police incident number is not a Superior Court case number. Old bond information independently checked against live sheriff portal October 12. Child-identifying location information omitted.

  • Primary source · Government recordYuma sheriff inmate portal: Amanda Lee Kotlinski, checked October 12, 2026

    Fresh no-cache HTTP read and live name-search list confirm in-custody listing, age 32, pending court action and total bond amount $200,000. Four charge rows under S1400CR202600237 match court case-search table: three sexual-conduct and one sexual-abuse count. Separate initial-appearance rows under J1401IA2026000288 marked No Complaint Filed are not additional current Superior Court charges. Booking rows are not current indictment text. No mugshot reproduced.

  • Primary source · Government recordYuma sheriff inmate portal: Ethan Riley Kotlinski, checked October 12, 2026

    Fresh no-cache HTTP read and live name-search list confirm in-custody listing, age 29, pending court action and total bond amount $350,000. Four charge rows under S1400CR202600238 match court case-search table: three sexual-conduct and one sexual-abuse count. Separate initial-appearance rows under J1401IA2026000286 marked No Complaint Filed are not additional current Superior Court charges. Booking rows are not the current indictment text. No mugshot reproduced.

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