BRIEFLY D.A.'S OFFICE GETS OK TO PROSECUTE.A judge Tuesday denied a defense motion to disqualify To deprive of eligibility or render unfit; to disable or incapacitate. To be disqualified is to be stripped of legal capacity. A wife would be disqualified as a juror in her husband's trial for murder due to the nature of their relationship. District Attorney Gil Garcetti's office from prosecuting accused madam Jody ``Babydol'' Gibson, who is charged with running a call girl ring. Van Nuys Superior Court Judge Lloyd Nash rejected a claim from Gibson's lawyer, Gerald V. Scotti, that the incumbent's office should be taken off the case because he accepted campaign contributions from people who allegedly may have been Gibson customers. Garcetti, in a KABC KABC Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (Channel 7) television interview Tuesday, called the claim political. ``Let's assume I do have some contributors who happen to be in someone's black book. How does that affect me?'' ``Of course there's no conflict,'' he said. ``Of course we can try this case,'' Garcetti said. - City News Service Man sentenced in beating of mom A Panorama City man who did not contest charges that he beat his 79- year-old mother after she told him she had no money to give him was sentenced Tuesday to two months in jail. Van Nuys Superior Court Commissioner Mitchell Block also ordered Harold Loftis, 61, to spend three months at the Foothill Rehabilitation Center for treatment of psychological problems, as a condition of his three-year probation term. - City News Service County supervisors Call for water study Following a Daily News story that Los Angeles' water supply contains unsafe levels of arsenic, the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to call for a report on what actions can be taken to address the problem. - Daily News Temporary LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) supervisor named The former facilities chief of New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. schools has been named to head the Los Angeles Unified School District's facilities division. Robert Buxbaum, will serve as the division's interim general manager, working from March 8 through June 30. - Daily News Death in family causes trial delay A death in the family For the Batman graphic novel/storyline, see . A Death in the Family is an autobiographical novel by author James Agee, set in LaFollette, Tennessee. He began writing it in 1948, but it was not quite complete when he died in 1955. of attorney Stephen Yagman forced postponement Tuesday of the North Hollywood bank robbery shootout Shootout Venture capital jargon. Refers to two or more venture capital firms fighting for the startup. trial. A defense attorney warned he would move for mistrial A courtroom trial that has been terminated prior to its normal conclusion. A mistrial has no legal effect and is considered an invalid or nugatory trial. It differs from a "new trial," which recognizes that a trial was completed but was set aside so that the issues could be if the trial didn't resume Thursday. - City News Service New juror juror n. any person who actually serves on a jury. Lists of potential jurors are chosen from various sources such as registered voters, automobile registration or telephone directories. system wins wider approval A new method of jury service has gone into effect at courthouses in San Fernando, Valencia and Lancaster, allowing most citizens to complete their obligation after just one day. The new system, which is being implemented statewide this year, started in the North Valley District of the Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday. - Daily News |
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