Overview

• Eleven defendants appeared in Santa Clara County court on Monday, with a Nov. 17 trial date set for eight and later dates to be set for the remaining three.
• A grand jury last week indicted the group, superseding April filings and bypassing a preliminary hearing that defense attorneys had sought to challenge the evidence.
• Prosecutors say video and other evidence show broken windows and furniture, graffiti, disabled cameras and fake blood, with damage estimated between $360,000 and $1 million.
• District Attorney Jeff Rosen has said he favors guilty pleas with community work and restitution rather than incarceration despite potential prison exposure under the charges.
• Supporters rallied after the arraignment as civil-rights advocates criticized the prosecution, and one previously charged 21-year-old entered a deferred no-contest plea and testified before the grand jury.