RPV Cliff Death Case May Be Tried in Downtown Court
Cameron Brown, the 47-year-old man awaiting retrial on charges he threw his 4-year-old daughter off a cliff to avoid child support payments, was in court today for a pretrial hearing. During the hearing, Torrance Superior Court Judge Mark Arnold set a May 13 trial date, and Brown's attorney said he expected to be ready for trial within 30 days of that day.
The catch, though, is that Arnold will likely be involved in a death penalty trial, so the case may have to get sent to another court, according to Deputy District Attorney Craig Hum. Because the case expected to take longer than two weeks, it must go to a long-cause courtroom at the Criminal Justice Center in downtown Los Angeles.
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