California Courts of Appeal
Jun. 27, 2017
4th District panel says OC judge was right again on jailhouse informants
The Orange County Superior Court judge overseeing an unprecedented evidence hearing in a capital case was correct last year when he granted a new trial for another murder defendant because of informant records that were kept from defense lawyers, according to the 4th District Court of Appeal.
The Orange County Superior Court judge overseeing an unprecedented evidence hearing in a capital case was correct last year when he granted a new trial for another murder defendant because of informant records that were kept from defense lawyers, according to the 4th District Court of Appeal.
The 3-0 opinion issued late Friday affirms a decision from Judge Thomas M. Goethals that the Orange County district attorney’s office’s failure...
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