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alal Nobody doubted tion. After shifting blame from Piquette’s Nonetheless, he encouraged Bernardin
cc Murray’s contempt actions as the “primary collision factor to change his opinion without success.
|| for the role rever- (PCF)” and flip-flopping recommenda- “The stove was stationary,” the retired
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oo Defender Sara Ross agency’s management destroyed the origi- that hit it was in violation of [vehicle
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ll moxley ate to testify about complain to Judge Marc Kelly that Mur- Ross believes Wilkins underscores
fifi what she insists was ray violated his Brady obligation, in which Yellin’s practice of hiding evidence
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|| tion site fell off the bed of his truck and Rackauckas’ office, hold an evidentiary than accept the work of the author, Paul
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sifisifi Piquette collided with a cement truck. judge who has presided over for every ethics crisis it creates:
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|| ney Tony Rackauckas, prosecutor Larry recused the Orange County dis- mask his hostility. He denied know-
Yellin filed the maximum possible charges trict attorney’s office (OCDA) ing about the altered CHP reports
under the felony-murder theory that a from People v. Scott Dekraai, a and said any changes, one way
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death—even if accidental—caused by pending death-penalty case. His or the other, were irrelevant to his
7 someone in the process of committing a concern? Our local DAs can’t be trusted prosecutorial concerns. He firmly con-
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10 serious crime is a homicide. Yellin gave to uphold basic ethical standards during siders Piquette, who immigrated from
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x3- Wilkins attorney Joseph T. Vodnoy, how- for Goethals. As with Dekraai, prosecutors been in the road for “at least five minutes” als, including a CHP official, advised him
x–y 1 ever, argued the fatality was “a terrible find themselves fighting questions about before Piquette’s arrival and “thousands” before and during Wilkins’ trial that offi-
xr accident” resulting from the deputy’s what they knew about altered records and of other drivers on the westbound 91 free- cers didn’t agree with the murder charge,
th ua unsafe speed and reckless lane change. when they knew it. Is, as Ross contends, way had managed to avoid collisions. but he didn’t care to investigate for poten-
nn Jurors sided with prosecutors, Superior OCDA so structurally warped that corrup- But with prosecutors wanting a murder tial Brady evidence.
oa Court Judge Richard Toohey sentenced the tion is continually covered up rather than case, CHP officials changed Bernardin’s Ross confronted Murray about ignoring
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Long Beach resident to a term of 26 years to punished? Or has the agency been unfairly report. In his three decades of experi- the information, asking, “You just sort of
life in prison, and Murray sent out a congrat- smeared, as Murray and Yellin, both newly ence, he said, it was “very uncommon; brushed it off?”
ulatory email to law-enforcement partners. elected superior court judges, believe? very rare” for his PCF determinations to The reply came quickly: “Absolutely.”
But the California Supreme Court over- In this latest recusal effort, the burden is be altered. The judge also learned that She followed up: “Did it pique your
|| turned the conviction in 2013, opining on Ross to prove that a conflict of interest the agency amended the PCF on a second curiosity at all?”
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y.y. should have considered an “escape clause” reputations than ensuring Wilkins’ fair- “It is undisputed that this evidence was “So what?” during the proceedings—
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|| substantial time (more than an hour) and was at fault” because he had been driving Ross wrote in a recusal brief. “Direct evi- read more»online
262 distance (more than 60 miles) between “an unsafe speed for conditions.” To sup- dence proves the OCDA was aware of the WWW.OCWEEKLY.COM/NEWS
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Spanish—that’s what the majority of Latinos in be his fan on Facebook, follow him
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castellano? Chilean Spanish, cachai? at youtube.com/askamexicano!
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crumbled (even if their godawful buildings remain standing)—has left 01
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Meadows is gone, Pierce Street Annex is getting revamped, and
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downtown SanTana has no more Mexican beer bars—UGH. . . .
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sim County on the local level—eternally cen- youth movement, the Register’s young cans for Freedom, white-power music, the
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fis on the wane before nearly every local move to Anaheim after 110-plus years in (Henry W. Head), the first person con- funeral was last year at Pearson Park in
sia party leader, major activist or elected offi- Santa Ana is the last nail in the proverbial victed of a felony was an innocent Mexi- Anaheim. More than 90 years ago, 30,000
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Hillary Clinton became the first Democrat world. Here’s to hoping the Reg leaves its
to win a presidential election in Orange past in its Grand Avenue offices and spits
7 County since FDR, and California Demo- on R.C. Hoiles’ grave for good measure.
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h a for opposing sides to not speak with one is. Libertarians in Fullerton made the 2011
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was the last rattle needed to get the feds
ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER on Carona’s corrupt ass. Supervisor Todd
We’re talking about the old, nasty fish- Spitzer’s relentless attacks against longtime
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|| gotten rid of its kookier editorial stances, Sheriff Sandra Hutchens under federal, AFTER HIS BEATDOWN
111000 launched a redesign, and hired as edi- state and OC grand jury investigation for ERIC HOOD