Menendez Brothers Demand Los Angeles Da Recuse Himself Or Be Disqualified In Resentencing Case

The lawyer representing convicted murderers Erik and Lyle Menendez has taken action to effort to disqualify Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman and his agency from representing nan authorities successful nan brothers' resentencing case.

Attorney Mark Geragos and his cocounsels revenge paperwork connected Friday announcing a mobility to disqualify Hochman's office, citing a "conflict of interest." The mobility is earlier Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic, who is presiding complete nan matter. 

The brothers, who are presently serving life without parole for killing their parents successful 1989, are fighting for reduced sentences. 

Defense Attorney Mark Geragos arrives astatine nan Van Nuys courthouse successful Los Angeles for a proceeding for Erik and Lyle Menendez connected Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

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The next scheduled proceeding date successful nan lawsuit is May 9. 

"This mobility is brought nether nan constitutions of nan United States and nan State of California arsenic good arsenic California Penal Code 1424, and is made connected nan grounds that, absent recusal, a conflict of liking would render it apt that nan defendants will person neither a adjacent proceeding nor adjacent curen done each related proceedings," according to nan archive announcing nan mobility to disqualify. 

If nan mobility is not granted, Geragos will petition an evidentiary proceeding to show nan tribunal that nan conflict of liking exists and plans to telephone Hochman and respective others to testify. 

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Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman talks astir nan resentencing of Erik and Lyle Menendez for nan murders of their parents during a news convention successful downtown Los Angeles connected Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

The mobility centers astir an lawyer precocious hired by Hochman to activity successful nan territory attorney's office. 

Last October, erstwhile Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon announced that he was considering a petition for resentencing of nan Menendez brothers. 

Shortly thereafter, much than 20 Menendez family members who support nan resentencing met pinch lawman territory attorneys Nancy Theberge and Brock Lunsford. 

The azygous family personnel who objected and did not be nan meeting, Milton Andersen, revenge an amicus little done his attorney, Kathleen Cady, opposing nan resentencing. 

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This operation of 2 booking photos provided by nan California Department of Corrections shows Erik Menendez, left, and Lyle Menendez. (California Dept. of Corrections via AP, File)

After Hochman defeated Gascon connected Nov. 5 of past year, Hochman began restaffing his agency pinch those who opposed nan Menendez brothers' resentencing, according to nan archive revenge by nan brothers' attorneys. 

Geragos said that Hochman intentionally reassigned Theberge and Lunsford, viewed arsenic Menendez sympathizers, to different office. He besides said that Hochman hired Cady, who represented nan sole Menendez family personnel against nan resentencing, to caput nan territory attorney's Office of Victims' Services, contempt recognizing a conflict of liking Cady had successful nan case. 

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The archive said that Cady's conflict of liking extends extracurricular nan courtroom, too. 

She is, according to Geragos, a committee personnel of a group called Justice For Murdered Children, and connected April 13, nan group held a rally headlined by Hochman. During that rally, nan group condemned nan Menendez brothers' resentencing. 

Erik Menendez, left, and his relative Lyle successful beforehand of their Beverly Hills home. (Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

The archive besides claimed that Cady has ignored nan Menendez family members successful her charismatic capacity successful nan Victims' Services office, and that, successful usurpation of victims' services law, she did not pass them of gruesome imagery from nan execution segment that would beryllium displayed during an April 11 proceeding successful nan resentencing proceedings. 

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Fox News Digital reached retired to Hochman's office. 

Erik and Lyle Menendez killed their mother, Mary "Kitty" Menendez, and their father, Jose Menendez, successful their Beverly Hills location successful 1989. They based on that years of intersexual maltreatment astatine nan hands of their begetter led to nan slayings. 

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In 1994, their first proceedings ended successful a mistrial. They were convicted aft a 2nd proceedings successful 1996. They person spent 35 years down bars.