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

["Frank E. Gallagher, III" <fegallag@uci.edu>]

At 05:17 PM 9/20/99 -0500, Bob Flood wrote:
>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?

Since the Asst. DA has never spoken to me (just reviewed the copy of my
report that was sent to the UCI Police), I have no idea what he is
thinking.  However, I'm sure that they would not consider a change of venue
for this case--they are even very reluctant to consider such an action for
a sensational murder trial in Orange County.
 
Frank E. Gallagher, III, MS, MPH, CHP  
Manager, Radiation Protection Section
Radiation Safety Officer 
Environmental Health & Safety Office
University of California, Irvine
300 University Tower  ||  Irvine, CA  92697-2725
Phone: (949) 824-6904  ||  Fax: (949) 824-8539
fegallag@uci.edu
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