Charges dismissed against Ryan Noble on second day of jury selection because alleged victim said she was not going to come to court

 

Yesterday was the second day of jury selection in the Ryan Christopher Noble case and after lunch the People dismissed the case because the alleged victim said she was not going to come to court. The protective order was terminated. Supervised release was terminated by Judge Kaleb Cockrum.

Unfortunately, this happens more frequently than you know in domestic violence cases. I have reported on cases I followed in the past from arrest to conclusion. Noble's is not a case I was following. I just happened to be at the courthouse to see the jurors walk out.

Noble was charged in this 2025 case with PC 243 (e) (1) battery on a non-cohabitating partner and PC 273 (a) (a) child endangerment. HCSO is the law enforcement agency. Noble has no other cases in Humboldt Superior Court.

Noble was arraigned on 6/11/25 by Judge Van Dyke. On 6/13/25, Retired Judge John Feeney granted Noble supervised release. Trial was confirmed on 6/23/25 by Deputy District Attorney Rebecca Buckley-Stein and Deputy Public Defender Emery Welton. It was scheduled to start 6/30/25 and continued to 7/1 because no judge and no courtroom was available.