Criminal
May 18, 2017
OC judge punishes DA's office for conduct of two prosecutors who are now fellow judges
Judge Thomas M. Goethals prohibited the district attorney's office from continuing to pursue the felony murder rule in its case.
By Meghann M. Cuniff
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Ruling that a new bench colleague ignored potential misconduct while a prosecutor, Orange County Superior Court Judge Thomas M. Goethals on Wednesday prohibited the district attorney's office from continuing to pursue a first-degree murder charge in its retrial of a man who had been serving 25 years to life in prison.
Goethals' four-page ruling does not name Judges Michael F. Murray and La...
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