Judge dismisses investigator, top prosecutors in ‘Irvine 11’ student protest case
An Orange County Superior Court judge has ordered the district attorney's office to remove its main investigator and three top deputies from the case against a group of college students accused of disrupting an ambassador's speech at UC Irvine.
Judge Peter Wilson's dismissal Thursday of the prosecutors attempts to remedy the D.A.'s unauthorized use of privileged documents to help build a case against the "Irvine 11," a group of UC Irvine and UC Riverside students charged with conspiracy to disrupt a speech by Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren in February 2010.
Wilson's move rids the case of lead investigator Paul Kelly -- who was expected to testify against the Irvine 11
