Trial delay in Angels pitcher Adenhart murder case
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP)—The trial of a man charged with driving drunk and killing Los Angeles pitcher Nick Adenhart(notes) has been delayed for six months at the request of his new defense attorney.
On Friday, Superior Court Judge Richard Toohey rescheduled the trial for 22-year-old Andrew Thomas Gallo to April 19, 2010, to give Deputy Public Defender Bryan Harris time to prepare a defense. Harris was appointed after Gallo’s private attorney quit the case.
Prosecutors had hoped to go before a jury later this month.
Gallo is charged with three counts of second-degree murder for an April crash that killed Adenhart and two others.
Authorities say Gallo was drunk when he drove his minivan through a red light in Fullerton and hit another car.
He could face nearly 55 years to life in prison if convicted.
Information from: Orange County Register, http://www.ocregister.com

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He'd been made to sign documentation saying he knew the consequences that he would get, should he drive while intoxicated again.
There should be no defense at all.
This person lost all of his rights, when he violated his own agreement.
If he gets anything less than life, it will be a huge miscarriage of justice.
But hey, this is the same state that couldn't prosecute OJ correctly, so good luck handling this one correclty.
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They should put pictures of his victims on the walls of his cell.....
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Iam not a angels Fan but I hope they Kick some Yankee Butt. Good Luck Angels but remember what Killed your team mate and be smart. Lets not see so much Alchol when you clinch the American League Series.
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This is really a meaningless technicality , I am not defending anybody, just trying to clear up that misconception of how little an amount of alcohol it takes to be impaired
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I really believe that if it was a 18 y/o suburban white girl that was driving drunk w/out a license & killed someone, that people would not be calling for her head... Usually I am the last to play the race card, but I'm playing it.. as well as the sex card..
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only drunk @ss Chowders would defend this guy, losers !
let the "Curse of the Cheating Chowders" continue...............!
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go angels!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Legally Gallo DID NOT have the right of way. So it doesn't matter if the others were intoxicated. What are you gonna do? Prosecute a dead man? Impossible.
@Everyone else
I can't wait to see Callo thrown into a dark hole for what he did. He deserves it.
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