News coverage about Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi’s domestic violence case that his defense team called “inflammatory” has prompted his lawyers to ask a judge to send the trial to another county — an option prosecutors say they are considering.
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Statements by Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi’s wife, Eliana Lopez, to a neighbor the day after an alleged New Year’s Eve domestic violence incident, and a video the neighbor made of a tearful Lopez discussing a bruise on her arm, can be admitted by prosecutors at trial, a judge ruled Monday.Judge Garrett Wong’s ruling was a huge victory for the prosecution, especially because Lopez later publicly denied there was any abuse and may refuse to testify.
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A no-nonsense former criminal defense attorney and civil lawyer-turned judge, with a reputation as a knowledgeable though occasionally prickly jurist, will preside over the domestic violence trial of Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi.
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