Orange County Prosecutors May Be Removed From Murder Case

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The Orange County district attorney's office is facing a legal challenge that could remove it from a second high-profile murder case in less than two years.

The Orange County Register reports that the same judge who removed the office from a mass murder case is hearing arguments on whether to bar county prosecutors from the retrial of a man accused of causing a crash in 2006 that killed a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy in Anaheim. (http://bit.ly/2gRoadx ).

The allegations involve a police report that was altered in murder case against convicted burglar Cole Wilkins. No information was relayed to the defense. Wilkins, then 29, who was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.

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Information from: The Orange County Register, http://www.ocregister.com