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Environmental & Energy,
Criminal
Jun. 27, 2018
Judge dismisses juror for chatting with deputy attorney general
The court also heard that she spoke to another juror about the issue after she was questioned in camera and that the attorney did not report to the court the full conversation.
SANTA BARBARA -- A juror was dismissed Tuesday from a pipeline company's criminal negligence trial because she chatted with a deputy attorney general during a lunch break, and the court heard she spoke to another juror about the issue after she was questioned in camera.
The lawyer, who works for the civil division of the state prosecutor's office and had been monitoring the trial in anticipation of coming civil cases, was previousl...
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