Criminal
May 20, 2025
Judge questions move to strike deputy's assault conviction
Federal judge challenges prosecutor's bid to overturn jury's verdict finding former L.A. County sheriff's deputy guilty of assaulting woman with pepper spray, questioning lack of substantial doubt about guilt.
A federal judge in Los Angeles on Monday questioned the prosecutor's reasoning behind wanting to strike a jury's verdict that a former county deputy sheriff was guilty of assaulting a woman with a deadly weapon.
A jury in February found Trevor James Kirk guilty of using excessive force when he tackled and pepper-sprayed a woman who filmed an arrest he made of suspects involved in a reported robbery at a supermarket in Lancaster. Those charges carry a maximum 10-year prison...
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