OROVILLE, CA (MPG) - Michelle Solis appeared in Butte County Superior Court at 1:30 p.m. June 27 for sentencing.

The former Gridley Unified School District teacher faced felony charges of 261.5 (d) PC or unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor and a charge of 288.2 (a)(2) PC.

Solis was found guilty by Judge Micheal Deems of sex with a minor and referred to probation until the sentencing hearing originally scheduled for June 6.

At the June 6 hearing, Solis’ defense was able to secure a continuance to June 27 for sentencing, requesting that Solis undergo psychiatric evaluations before the court settled on a final verdict.

On June 27, Solis appeared before Deems at Butte County Superior Court with attorney Matthew Clinton Smith.

Smith informed the court that the physician conducting the testing had been hospitalized and therefore a final report had not been produced.

The court confirmed that it had received doctors’ declaration, stating that he had indeed been hospitalized from June 16 to 23.

Smith asked for a continuance, contending that the report in question was what he had based his statement of mitigation on, continuing with “as such, I’m not in a position to address the mitigating factors at sentencing.”

If he had known earlier, Smith said, he would have sought out another physician to finalize the evaluation before the day’s sentencing.

Prosecuting Supervising Deputy District Attorney Jennifer Bennett stated that the people were opposed to the request for continuance and noted that for the charge, a static 99 evaluation was “not applicable for a female offender, and that there are other ways for the defense to obtain mitigating factors from the defendant.”

Bennett agreed that if the judge decided to grant the continuance, the prosecution and the people would ask that Solis be remanded to jail.

Deems granted a continuance to 1:30 p.m. July 18 and remanded Solis to jail with no bail.