Gag order makes it hard to find out what this 9 am special assignment motion is on April 6. It was filed today by the District Attorney. Was not entered into the court computer until late morning or afternoon.
I had checked this morning. Then again this afternoon.
The hearing is in Courtroom Six and Judge Christopher Wilson will hear the motion. That courtroom is not the usual buddy judge or sister court for for Courtroom 1 cases, so unless there is some disqualification or something similar, guess we have to wait to see what is happening.
Could it be a request to move the trial out of the area?
ReplyDeleteCould be but why the hush hush on the motion? Here is a link to change of venue and the rules.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/chgofven.pdf This is from that link: Rule 4.151(b) of the California Rules of Court and an accompanying advisory committee
comment recommend that the court attempt to impanel a fair and impartial
jury before ordering a change of venue, unless there is clear evidence of a reasonable
likelihood that a fair and impartial trial cannot be had in the county. Penal Code
section 1036.7 states that the court, after ordering a change of venue, should consider
whether bringing in a jury from another county, rather than transferring the case,
would be in the interest of the administration of justice—including the convenience
of the jurors—under rule 4.153(1) of the California Rules of Court. Once the motion
to change venue is granted, the following steps are taken:
He is being evaluated to see of he can be found not guilty by insanity. There has been no jury trial date scheduled. This motion was filed by the District Attorney.
B August, your comment got accidentally deleted. You can resend it if you like and I will publish it.
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