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Ventura County CHP Officer Convicted of Hate Crime

By Walin & Klarich

If any of you were arrested by the CHP in the Ventura area, it might be worth your while to ask your lawyer to give you a copy of the police report and check out the police report. This is especially true if you think that the cop was lying in your report about some of the facts in your case. Recently, a local Ventura County CHP officer was convicted of a hate crime for yelling racial epithets at a group of people and pretending to use a gun. Do you think this is going to be relevant in cases where the defense is that the cop is lying? You're darn right it is. Why would a police officer?s conviction for a hate crime be relevant? Well, if you can show that the officer is biased towards a group of people and the defendant happens to fall in that category of people, there is a very big issue of credibility that a jury must consider...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on December 03, 2009 (boomark / email).