Lawyer not charged for giving out police witnesses' addresses

Subcommander Bob bob at black.org
Sat Jul 21 11:31:03 PDT 2001


Re: Kirkland police files, Jim Bell, cryptome, etc.

Basically a lawyer gives the addresses of two police witnesses
and gets off scott free.  Well, a lil' fine from his guild.

Are lawyers special objects now?



http://latimes.com/news/local/la-000059505jul21.story

                                                                    LOS
ANGELES
                                                                   Judge
Dismisses Charges Against Olson

Attorney
                                                                   By
ANNA GORMAN,
                                                                   TIMES
STAFF

WRITER

                                                                   A Los
Angeles

County Superior
                                                                   Court
judge

dismissed criminal

charges Friday

against Tony Serra, a

defense attorney in
                                                                   the
bomb conspiracy
                                                                   trial
of alleged

Symbionese

Liberation Army

member Sara Jane

Olson.

                                                                   Serra
had faced trial
                                                                   on
misdemeanor

charges that he

disclosed the

addresses and
                                                                   phone
numbers of
                                                                   two
police witnesses in a court

document for Olson's upcoming case.
                                                                   He
was scheduled to be tried July 30.

                                                                   The
Los Angeles city attorney's office
                                                                   moved
to drop the case after Serra

agreed to pay $5,000 to the Police

Memorial Foundation,

<snip>





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