Court closed dramatically in the Brandon McInerney homicide trial Thursday morning after the youth’s defense attorneys sought to have Ventura County Superior Court Judge Charles Campbell thrown off the case for alleged pro-prosecution bias.
The motion was filed as the lengthy trial lumbers toward an end. Campbell halted the proceedings in a Chatsworth courtroom until Friday so defense attorneys Robyn Bramson and Scott Wippert can recover from illnesses.
Under California law, judges must submit written answers to such motions within 10 days. Ultimately, a ruling comes from a judge approved by both sides or chosen by the California Judicial Council but meanwhile a challenged judge may continue hearing cases.
McInerney, 17, is accused in the 2008 classroom shooting of Larry King, a fellow eighth-grader at E.O. Green Junior High in Oxnard.
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