State insurance regulator’s attorneys to prosecute Chan in third murder trial
After his office twice failed to convince juries that Chan is guilty of murder, District Attorney
Chan says he acted in self-defense when he shot fellow Deputy
Chan is free on a
D'Antonio in late December issued a statement saying his office had consulted Martin's widow,
"We believe fresh eyes and a rigorous prosecutorial perspective, implemented by a team of seasoned prosecutors such as
D'Antonio did not return a message seeking comment Thursday. His spokesman,
Davis, a former assistant district attorney in
But Widler said the office frequently collaborates with district attorneys across the state on matters such as insurance fraud because "right now, there is a shortage of prosecutors."
State lawmakers and the governor created the Office of the Superintendent
State Sen.
"My off-the-cuff remarks are that it sounds strange," Smith said of the arrangement. "I don't think that when we set up the office of insurance that was ever envisioned as their area of expertise."
The agreement between the insurance regulator and the
"Each district attorney may, when he cannot prosecute a case for ethical reasons or other good cause, appoint a practicing member of the bar of this state to act as special assistant district attorney," the law states. "Any person so appointed shall have authority to act only in the specific case or matter for which the appointment was made."
Both the district attorney and Office of the Superintendent
Not counting staff time for prosecutors and other law enforcement officials involved with the earlier trials, Willis said the district attorney's office spent
But
Asked to comment on the use of attorneys who work for the state insurance regulator for Chan's third murder trial, Day on Thursday said "none of this changes the fact that two juries have heard the case" without convicting his client.
In
The hiring of the special prosecutors is the latest twist in a case that has involved some controversy. Before the start of the second trial, a
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