Re: Ex UCI lab tech pleads "not guilty" to radioactive assau

[Bob Flood <bflood@SLAC.Stanford.EDU>]

At 02:55 PM 9/20/1999 -0500, you wrote:

>Note that under California law, the Police could not make an arrest for
>simple assault, because the Officer did not see the crime being committed,
>so the DA and Police needed to convince themselves of the more serious
>charge in order to obtain the warrant.

Given the inaccuracy of the DA's published statements and the fact that
they were PUBLISHED, has this DA given the defendent a basis for a change
of venue (claiming the DA has misled the jury pool)? If so, what are the
chances they'll be willing to go to the effort and expense of an
out-of-town trial for a case like this?

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Bob Flood
Dosimetry Group Leader
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
(650) 926-3793
bflood@slac.stanford.edu
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