By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow filed an appeal with the California Supreme Court last month arguing the victim's rights
San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow filed an appeal with the California Supreme Court last month arguing the victim’s rights of a Pismo Beach police officer assaulted on the job were violated. Specifically, the officer’s right under Marsy’s Law to register an objection to a plea bargain before“In this case, the peace officer victim was never afforded that opportunity despite being ready, willing, and able to do so,” Dow wrote in his appeal.
On the morning of Dec. 23, 2022, Shawn DeLaittre allegedly burglarized the SeaCrest Oceanfront Hotel in Pismo Beach. After officer Erin Logoluso attempted to detain the suspect, DeLaittre strangled and beat her leaving the officer permanently disabled. A judge in August denied San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow’s request to withdraw a plea deal for a violent assault of a Pismo Beach police officer because the prior prosecutor assigned to the case violated the victim’s rights. Dow is considering filing an appeal.
On Aug. 14, Judge Crystal Seiler denied Dow’s motion to withdraw the plea deal and sentenced DeLaittre to one year in county jail and two years of probation. The verdict brought Logoluso to tears.
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