Judge Excuses Jury Panel in Poisoning Case
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A Riverside County Superior Court judge, citing misconduct by a prosecutor, excused all 280 members of a jury pool assigned to the case of Amy Leanne Prien, the Perris woman charged with murder in the methamphetamine-poisoning death of her 3-month-old son last year.
Judge Edward Webster ruled Supervising Deputy Dist. Atty. Allison Nelson potentially contaminated the jury pool by discussing the possible testimony of a reluctant, jailed witness with the Riverside Press-Enterprise on Monday.
Jury selection will begin anew Monday, and the trial’s start date was pushed back to July 22.
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