Criminal
Jun. 9, 2017
OC judge says sheriff will have to be called to testify
Concerned about inconsistencies in sheriff's department officials' testimony, Judge Thomas Goethals said Sheriff Sandra Hutchens is "going to have to be called by somebody" in the hearing on whether discovery order violations will lead him to dismiss the possibility of the death penalty for Seal Beach mass murderer Scott Dekraai.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SANTA ANA — An Orange County judge overseeing an unprecedented evidence hearing in a capital case said Wednesday he believes some of the most significant testimony he's heard so far has been from a top sheriff's official who acknowledged deputies were improperly handling jailhouse informants.
Judge Thomas M. Goethals said he had his reporter print a transcript ...
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