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Criminal

Nov. 3, 2004

2nd 'Riders' Trial Opens With Animosity

SAN FRANCISCO - The corruption retrial of the Oakland police officers known as "the Riders" had barely begun Monday when the defense moved for a mistrial, claiming the prosecution's comparison of witnesses and evidence from the two trials was unfair to the defendants.

By Robert Selna
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - The corruption retrial of the Oakland police officers known as "the Riders" had barely begun Monday when the defense moved for a mistrial, claiming the prosecution's comparison of witnesses and evidence from the two trials was unfair to the defendants.
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