NewsJune 13, 2002
Defense seeks bail for actor in wife's slaying
LOS ANGELES -- Robert Blake's lawyer filed a new bail motion Wednesday to throw out a special circumstance murder allegation on grounds prosecutors are using it to keep the actor jailed. The special circumstance of lying in wait could have been a basis to seek the death penalty under California law. But prosecutors decided soon after Blake's arrest that they would not seek capital punishment...
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LOS ANGELES -- Robert Blake's lawyer filed a new bail motion Wednesday to throw out a special circumstance murder allegation on grounds prosecutors are using it to keep the actor jailed. The special circumstance of lying in wait could have been a basis to seek the death penalty under California law. But prosecutors decided soon after Blake's arrest that they would not seek capital punishment.
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