Two motions were submitted ahead of the jury beginning deliberations.
Santa Clara Vice Mayor Anthony Becker listens to his defense attorney, Christopher Montoya, interrogating Fernando Ramirez Jr., a criminalist with the Santa Clara County Crime Laboratory, during Becker’s trial at the Santa Clara County Superior Court in Morgan Hill, Calif., on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. Ramirez Jr. performed a forensic analysis of Becker’s phone.
Alcala denied the first motion late Tuesday afternoon with little explanation. The judge is expected to rule on the mistrial motion sometime Wednesday afternoon. “Mr. Chandhok’s testimony provided the only evidence of such leaks, and his testimony was not credible in light of his immunity, internal inconsistencies and inconsistencies with his contemporaneous written statements,” Montoya wrote.
During the January 2023 search, Holt allowed Chandhok to call his attorney in private. However, the investigator said he accidentally captured some of the conversation while recording on his cell phone as he walked down the hall. He was concerned the recording contained privileged attorney-client communications, which meant he would need to send it to a special master to review whether anyone should have access to the tape.
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