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Criminal

Jun. 29, 2017

OC hearing won’t pause for 13,000 newly discovered sheriff’s department emails

An Orange County judge declined Wednesday to pause an evidence hearing in a capital case to allow a prosecutor time to review 13,000 sheriff’s department emails that may be relevant but were not disclosed to the defense.

OC hearing won’t pause for 13,000 newly discovered sheriff’s department emails
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SANTA ANA — An Orange County judge declined Wednesday to pause an evidence hearing in a capital case to allow a prosecutor time to review 13,000 sheriff’s department emails that may be relevant but were not disclosed to the defense.

Superior Court Judge Thomas M. Goethals urged Deputy Attorney General Michael T. Murphy to look at the emails as soon as possible while Assistant Public Defender Scott L. Sanders continues his case in ch...

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