Chunli Zhao appeared in court on Friday as a San Mateo County judge restricted remote access to case records and considered imposing a gag order on attorneys.
REDWOOD CITY — A San Mateo County judge on Friday granted a motion from the lawyers for accused Half Moon Bay killer Chunli Zhao to restrict remote access to court records related to the case and was considering not allowing attorneys to speak with the press.and one count of attempted murder in the Jan. 23 mass shooting, which began at the Half Moon Bay mushroom farm where he lived and worked.
Since the shooting, press from all over the world descended on the sleepy town of Half Moon Bay to cover the worst mass shooting in the county’s history, but on Friday, Lee weighed barring the attorneys in the case from speaking to the press after Zhao’s defense raised concerns that San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe has revealed too much to the media in earlier statements.
Media coverage of the case fed by statements from the attorneys “would not promote a fair and independent jury” in the event the case reaches trial, McDougall said. “Mr. Wagstaffe has confirmed information to the press from a law enforcement investigation, a disclosure of factual information,” McDougall said. “This is all information that had not even been disclosed to the bench yet and is now being articulated by Mr Wagstaffe to the press.”
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