Motions in limine and jury selection started for alleged molestor Chad Smith on April 8. His first jury trial resulted in a mistrial on February 6, 2018.
Individual jurors are being questioned this week.
Arraignment on information has 16 counts. Four of them are disobeying court domestic violence order. The rest are all sexual offenses with two or three special allegations for some counts. Only one Count, number 12 is alleged victim Jane Doe #2. Counts 1 through 11 are all alleged victim Jane Doe #1 with some counts specifically referring to where the act took place.
The alleged victims in the sexual abuse case are his own step-daughter (Jane Doe #1) and a friend of his step-daughter's (Jane Doe #2); both minors at the time of the alleged sexual acts.
Previous post:
https://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2019/03/jurors-for-chad-smiths-jury-trial-will.html?m=1
Post on mistrial:
https://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2018/02/telling-jurors-that-something.html?m=1
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