***URGENT UPDATE/ALERT! This case was TOSSED by the Judge - never made it to trial,
☛ ER http://eurekareporter.com/article/080826-judge-throws-out-douglas-zanotti-case
Feeney said the indictments the grand jury handed down to Douglas and Zanotti in December 2007 weren’t supported by probable cause. Insufficient evidence regarding the former leaders’ alleged failure to oversee other law enforcement was also presented to the grand jury, Feeney said, and instructions given on “exigent circumstances” were inadequate.
The grand jury should have also been instructed on justifiable homicide by law enforcement officials, Feeney said.***
ER Hearing to dismiss case against former EPD leaders scheduled next month
A hearing on a motion to dismiss the involuntary manslaughter case against two former Eureka Police Department leaders is scheduled for next month.
The Aug. 26 hearing could last between an hour and 1 1/2 hours. Humboldt County District Attorney Paul Gallegos (now) has until July 31 to file his opposing argument to the defense team’s motion. The defense team then has until Aug. 21 to reply to Gallegos’ opposition.
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Previously reported that Gallegos and the defense agreed to a timeline for the motions to be heard. They set a July 21 deadline for Gallegos to submit an opposition to the defense motion and a July 31 deadline for the defense to respond. TS Motion to dismiss Douglas-Zanotti charges is inching forward
I'm looking forward to the day these charges are dismissed.
ReplyDeleteThis never should have happened.
I agree they should not have happened. But I don't want them dismissed. I agree that legally and morally they should be dismissed. But I don't want them dismissed.
ReplyDeleteI want a full blown trial that might, just might
display and disclose the utter moral and intellectual bankruptcy of Paul Gallegos. I want total disclosure of what a manipulative self serving ambitious little swine he is.