Kristin Smart: Appeals court upholds Paul Flores’ murder conviction

Paul Flores’ conviction and 25-year-to-life sentence for the 1996 murder of Cal Poly freshman Kristin Smart will stand, the ...
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Court denies Paul Flores’ second appeal in Kristin Smart murder case

Paul Flores' appeal of his conviction for the murder of Kristin Smart was denied in an unpublished opinion from the Second ...
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Paul Flores seeks to overturn Kristin Smart Cal Poly murder conviction

Nearly three years after being convicted of murdering Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo freshman Kristin Smart in 1996, Paul Flores is back in court—this time seeking to overturn the verdict that sentenced ...
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Paul Flores Makes Case to Overturn Kristin Smart Murder Conviction

Paul Flores during a 2022 court appearance in his trial for the murder of Cal Poly student Kristin Smart. (Brittany Tom / NBC News Dateline / Pool photo) Oral arguments as to whether Kristin Smart’s ...
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Decades of mystery and the 2025 appeal in Kristin Smart murder case

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 ...