A judge Tuesday denied the defense’s motion for a mistrial and will exclude new evidence in the retrial of a Cathedral City man accused of gunning down four people in Palm Springs.
A judge Monday took under advisement a defense motion for mistrial in the case against a Cathedral City man accused of gunning down four people in Palm Springs, with the defendant’s attorney claiming a piece of evidence in the case was mishandled and violated his right to a fair trial.
The defense Monday will ask a judge to declare a mistrial and dismiss the case against a Cathedral City man accused of gunning down four people in Palm Springs, claiming a piece of evidence in the case was mishandled and violated the defendant’s right to a fair trial.
The defense filed motions for mistrial and to dismiss the retrial of quadruple homicide case, in which a Cathedral City man is accused of gunning down four people in Palm Springs, claiming new evidence will make it impossible for the defendant to face a fair trial and violates his right to a fair retrial, according to court documents obtained Friday.
Opening statements were delivered Wednesday in the retrial of a Cathedral City man accused of gunning down four people in Palm Springs, with the prosecution accusing the defendant and the defense accusing a different man who allegedly admitted to the shootings over social media.
John Dolan, Jose Larin-Garcia’s defense attorney, says there are two reasons why it was declared a mistrial: suspicious social media posts and an overall lack of evidence.
After seven days of deliberation in the trial of Jose Vladimir Larin-Garcia, accused of killing four people in Palm Springs, the jury said they were “hopelessly deadlocked” and the judge declared a mistrial.
