LONG BEACH -- A mistrial was declared Tuesday in the case of a man charged with killing a former Denver radio personality, whose body was discovered off the coast of Catalina Island five years ago.
Long Beach Superior Court Judge Mark Kim granted a mistrial based on newly discovered evidence from a prosecution witness in the case of Harvey Morrow, said Sandi Gibbons, a Los Angeles County District Attorney's spokeswoman.
Morrow, 60, is charged with murder for the shooting death of Steven Bailey Williams, who had been a disc jockey on the "Steven B. and The Hawk" morning show on the Denver radio station KBPI in the early 1980s.
The murder charge includes the special circumstance allegation of murder for financial gain.
A prosecution witness was testifying Tuesday when new information came to light that neither side of the case was aware of, Gibbons said.
"The defense made a motion for a mistrial because he needed to time to prepare and the judge agreed," Gibbons explained.
She noted that the case will proceed, with all counts remaining from the original charge, when a new trial date is scheduled to be set on June 9.
If Morrow is convicted on all counts he faces the possibility of life in prison without parole.
He has remained in Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department custody without bail since his extradition from Montana in 2006.
Long Beach Superior Court Judge Mark Kim granted a mistrial based on newly discovered evidence from a prosecution witness in the case of Harvey Morrow, said Sandi Gibbons, a Los Angeles County District Attorney's spokeswoman.
Morrow, 60, is charged with murder for the shooting death of Steven Bailey Williams, who had been a disc jockey on the "Steven B. and The Hawk" morning show on the Denver radio station KBPI in the early 1980s.
The murder charge includes the special circumstance allegation of murder for financial gain.
A prosecution witness was testifying Tuesday when new information came to light that neither side of the case was aware of, Gibbons said.
"The defense made a motion for a mistrial because he needed to time to prepare and the judge agreed," Gibbons explained.
She noted that the case will proceed, with all counts remaining from the original charge, when a new trial date is scheduled to be set on June 9.
If Morrow is convicted on all counts he faces the possibility of life in prison without parole.
He has remained in Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department custody without bail since his extradition from Montana in 2006.
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