El Segundo Murder in the Supreme Court
The State Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments today in a rare Los Angeles session. Among the cases on calendar is Rodney Alcala v. Orange County Superior Court. Alcala was a death row inmate who is now facing his third trial for the murder of a Huntington Beach girl in 1979. In 2005, he was indicted for four more murders - including one in El Segundo and one in Santa Monica, where a Centinela Hospital nurse was the victim.
His attorneys are arguing against lower court decisions that allow prosecutors from Orange and Los Angeles counties to try Alcala for all the crimes together. An opinion will be issued within 90 days.
The Orange County Register has followed the case for decades, and has a story today about the arguments.
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