Courthouse News reports:
A federal judge on Wednesday denied Paul Pelosi attack suspect David DePape’s request to have his high-profile trial moved from San Francisco to Eureka in extreme northwestern California.
DePape, 43, stands accused of breaking into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home this past October and beating her husband, Paul, 83, with a hammer. Police say DePape broke a window to gain entry — carrying zip ties and rope in addition to the hammer — and later told them he was looking for Nancy Pelosi.
DePape’s lawyers, public defenders Jodi Linker and Angela Chuang, sought to have proceedings moved to Eureka because they said publicity in the case threatened DePape’s right to a fair trial. They commissioned a survey that they said showed potential jurors in the Bay Area already believed DePape was guilty.
Read the full article.
A federal judge on Wednesday denied Paul Pelosi attack suspect David DePape’s request to have his high-profile trial moved from San Francisco to Eureka in extreme northwestern California. https://t.co/R9xp7PRDm2
— Courthouse News (@CourthouseNews) July 19, 2023