Judge to move trial for former transit officer charged in the killing of an unarmed man
By APFriday, October 16, 2009
Judge grants change of venue in BART shooting case
OAKLAND, Calif. — A judge has agreed to move the trial for a former transit officer charged in the killing of an unarmed man.
In Friday’s ruling, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Morris Jacobson says the murder trial of Johannes Mehserle will be moved out of Oakland.
The 27-year-old man is charged with the shooting of 22-year-old Oscar Grant at a Bay Area Rapid Transit station on New Year’s Day.
Mehserle’s attorney, Michael Rains, had argued for a change of venue in the case because of what he described as excessive media coverage and racial tensions.
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