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Charles Manson — Part 4
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{0 Callin Mistrial
in Grogan’s Case
BY RON EINSTOSS
Times Stat? Writer
Joseph P. Busch Jr. leveled an un-
precedented barrage Monday at a
judge who on Friday ordered a mis-
trial in the case of a Charles Manson
follower being tried on a chapgé of |
murder, .
Busch called Superfor Judge
Joseph [. Call's actigel granting a
j eve (Cl4m) Gregan, 20,
one of the "most gutragedus abuses
ofuistretion I have encountered ig
my 20 years of experience in the dis-
trict attorney's office,"
Grogan is charged with the. Au-
guat, 1969, slaying of Donald
. (Shorty) Shea, 35. He is scheduled to
appear in another court ‘Thursday
for the setting of a new trial date.
At the time Call ordered the mis-
' trial, the case had been in trial since
June 23—at a cost of $2,352 a day.
The seven-woman, five-man jury
had heard testimony filling 5,187
transcript, pages.
“To make such an absurd, unap-
pedlable order is unconscionable, .
Biisch said. "There is no way to have
this: ruling reviewed."
“Mr. Grogan will be. tried again
“but, unfor tunately, at further great
. expense: ‘to the taxpayers."
, Busélexplained that his attack on
| Cay was-the: first’ time he had ever
epider, ruling, of the court.
. Milowever," he Said, "this is one
. timeswhen: 1:féel the’ criticism is not
ofily*waranted, but. dictated by the
‘Beat interests’ ‘of the. public.”
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newspaper, city and state.)
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Los Angeles, Calif.
Date: 8/31/71
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