Various news media outlets are seeking to unseal details related to DeAngelo’s arrest and search warrants prosecutors obtained in April, arguing the documents will provide important details about how investigators identified the former police officer and what evidence they’ve gathered from him.
Prosecutors have searched DeAngelo’s home, just outside of Sacramento, and recently obtained warrants to search his cellphone and computer. They just turned over information about what evidence they already have gathered to DeAngelo’s public defender, Diane Howard.
Howard argued the records shouldn’t be released because it could taint jurors and witnesses in the case, and said in a motion that arrest warrants include evidence and details about rapes that DeAngelo is accused of committing, which wouldn’t be permissible at trial.
The parties will be back in court May 29 to argue over what should be made public. Prosecutors don’t object to unsealing the records.
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