Judges and Judiciary
Sep. 14, 2023
LA judge, Orange County jury will hear judge’s murder case
“Under the law — absent a change of venue motion — the case is supposed to have jurors from the victimized jurisdiction. The defendant is entitled to jurors of his peers,” former Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley said Wednesday when asked to comment on the arrangements.
Orange County Judge Jeffrey Ferguson’s murder trial is assigned to a Los Angeles judge but won’t be tried in LA, one of his attorneys said.
“I’d expect the case to be tried in Orange County,” John D. Barnett said in a phone interview. “I don’t expect jurors to be bused to L.A. Traditionally a judge travels from the neighboring county to the county of venue.”
Ferguson, charged with first degree murder in the sho...
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