CITY WILL PAY $1.1 MILLION IN B.I.G. SUIT SANCTIONS ORDERED AFTER OFFICER WITHHELD EVIDENCE.Byline: Rick Orlov Staff Writer The City Council agreed Wednesday to pay $1.1 million to the family of slain rap star Notorious B.I.G. after the LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. failed to turn over information that may have implicated im·pli·cate tr.v. im·pli·cat·ed, im·pli·cat·ing, im·pli·cates 1. To involve or connect intimately or incriminatingly: evidence that implicates others in the plot. 2. two disgraced officers in the unsolved murder. A wrongful-death suit filed by relatives of the rapper, whose birth name was Christopher Wallace There are several notable individuals named Christopher Wallace:
U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper ordered the city to pay $1.1 million after finding that a Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . detective withheld documents that could support the family's
allegations.
``It's unfortunate, but we don't have any choice,'' Councilman Dennis Zine said after the 11-0 vote to pay the sanction. ``We had a case here where an experienced detective made a mistake and the city and its taxpayers have to pay for it.'' The $1.1 million sanction represents legal fees incurred by Wallace's family before Cooper declared a 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 in the suit last July after the detective acknowledged withholding the records. The suit by Wallace's family contends that the LAPD deliberately covered up the involvement of former Officers David Mack and Rafael Perez, who were key figures implicated in the Rampart Division corruption scandal. But city officials rejected the notion the two ex-cops were involved, saying that information came from a jailhouse informant informant Historian Medtalk A person who provides a medical history facing life in prison for his third felony conviction. The former cellmate cell·mate n. A person with whom one shares a cell, especially in a prison. of Perez claimed that Perez and Mack had moonlighted for Death Row Records. ``There is testimony from a 'third-striker' who contends Rafael Perez and David Mack were present during the shooting and may have participated,'' Deputy City Attorney Mike Clayton said. ``We do not believe the evidence is credible or the witness is credible.'' LAPD Cmdr. Stuart Maislin said the department is investigating why the detective failed to include information about the informant in the ``murder books'' of reports about the homicide case when it was ordered turned over to Wallace's family. ``The information should have been in the murder books,'' Maislin said. ``This is not a routine incident and is under review. ``What is unique is that the murder is still considered an open investigation and it became part of a civil lawsuit. It is also unique in that in 99.9 percent of the cases, our detectives include all the information in the murder books.'' Rick Orlov, (213) 978-0390 rick.orlov(at)dailynews.com |
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