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Womack trial postponed to JanuaryThis article was originally published in the the Amador Ledger Dispatch on November 19, 1999, and is reproduced here with its permission. By Katherine
Bowers JACKSON—As the judicial process continues on the Robert Womack "gastank" case, a hearing set for Tuesday by Judge John F. Cruikshank was delayed. The California State Appellate Court ruled Sept. 30 to stay a petition made by the Amador County District Attorney's office to overturn orders by Judge Cruikshank pertaining to the case against Womack. Judge Cruikshank served the Amador County District Attorney's office with orders to suppress evidence and return all documents taken from Womack's home in January 1999. The write filed with the state court by the district attorney seeks to overturn Cruikshank's decision that there was flagrant disregard in the execution of the search warrant served to collect Womack's personal documents and the papers pertaining to the KRL Partnership taken in the search. Womack filed opposition to the District attorney's petition to rescind Cruikshank's orders, for which no date has been set, according to the appellate court. Since no further orders have been received by the district attorney's office from the state, nor a date set for hearing Womack's opposition to the matter, no further action may be taken on the case at any level, according to the state appellate court. Womack, along with Mark Sherrill, is facing charges of conspiring to commit a crime in conjunction with the alleged illegal removal of a gas tank in May 1998. Copyright © 1999 Amador Ledger Dispatch |
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