Appeals court sends Trezell and Jacqueline West case back to Kern County for a new sentencing hearing

Appeals court sends Trezell and Jacqueline West case back to Kern County for a new sentencing hearing

A California appeals court is sending the case of Trezell and Jacqueline West back to a Kern County courtroom for a new sentencing hearing, but not to revisit the verdict.Trezell and Jacqueline West were convicted in 2023 of second-degree murder in the death of their adopted son, Orrin, 4, and willful cruelty to their other adopted son, Orson, 3. Both children were reported missing in 2020 and never found.A jury found the couple guilty, and they…