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Environmental & Energy,
Criminal

Jun. 26, 2018

Judge interviews juror who spoke with deputy attorney general

Monday’s proceedings in the criminal negligence trial over a 2015 oil spill on Refugio State Beach were marked by multiple overruled objections, the judge questioning the relevance of the prosecutions’ questions, the defense declining to cross-examine witnesses at the end of the day, and a hearing to probe a deputy attorney general’s conversation with a juror.

Judge interviews juror who spoke with deputy attorney general
Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge James Herman

SANTA BARBARA — Monday’s proceedings in the criminal negligence trial over a 2015 oil spill on Refugio State Beach were marked by multiple overruled objections, the judge questioning the relevance of the prosecutions’ questions, the defense declining to cross-examine witnesses at the end of the day, and a hearing to probe a deputy attorney general’s conversation with a juror.

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