LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — A Clearlake woman arrested last month for what authorities said was a premeditated killing appeared in court this week to enter a plea in the case.

Dominique Irene Molina-Dominguez, 33, appeared in Lake County Superior Court on Tuesday morning for the July 10 killing of 38-year-old DeAndre Grinner.

She is charged with first-degree murder and special allegations of personal and intentional use of a firearm, and special aggravating circumstances that include a crime that involved great violence and involved a weapon.

Chief Deputy District Attorney Rich Watson said that during her Tuesday court appearance, Molina-Dominguez pleaded not guilty to all counts and denied all of the special allegations.

He said she also waived her right to a speedy preliminary hearing within 10 court days but did not waive her right to a preliminary hearing within 60 calendar days.

Molina-Dominguez’s preliminary hearing is set for Sep. 11, Watson said.

Authorities say Molina-Dominguez laid in wait for Grinner at a home they shared in Clearlake on July 10, fatally shooting him and then calling police.

She’d previously been scheduled to enter her plea on July 16, but the matter was continued at the defense request, as Lake County News has reported.

Watson said he expects to know more about a motive in the case, which remains under active investigation, by the time of the September preliminary hearing.

Until then, Molina-Dominguez remains in custody at the Lake County Jail on $1 million bail, according to jail records.

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