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Further delay possible in Salinas child murder trial
http://www.thecalifornian.com/story/news/my-safety/2017/01/25/further-delay-possible-salinas-child-murder-trial/97070404/
http://www.thecalifornian.com/story/news/my-safety/2017/01/25/further-delay-possible-salinas-child-murder-trial/97070404/
Defense attorney Jeremy Dzubay has been representing Curiel since January 2016, but the defense earlier this month filed a motion for continuance. That motion was sealed by the judge earlier this month, so its specifics are not known, but is believed to have included a request to remove Dzubay from the case.
On Wednesday, Monterey County Deputy District Attorney Steve Somers filed opposition to the motion to remove Dzubay, who has rejoined the Monterey County Public Defenders Office. The request to remove him from the case is due to a potential conflict of interest related to recent involvement of the Public Defenders Office.
However, Somers' opposition filed on Wednesday suggests that it may be due to the possibility that another attorney in the Public Defenders office previously represented a prosecution witness.
Somers counters that if Dzubay informs the court that he doesnt have any confidential information from a prosecution witness, and will avoid inadvertently obtaining it while working in the Public Defenders Office, there would not be a conflict of interest.
Somers opposes a potential change in defense attorney to avoid a tremendous waste of tax dollars and time as well as further delay in the trial.
Judge Pamela Butler requested more to time to review the most recent motions on the case, and the matter is scheduled to return to court on Feb. 1