Overview
- The 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled that Judge Michael Carter did not inform lawyers about a foreperson’s note questioning a juror’s ability to deliberate in English.
- Acting Presiding Justice Helen I. Bendix authored the 31-page opinion, joined by Justices Gregory J. Weingart and Michelle C. Kim.
- Heaps, 69, remains incarcerated on an 11-year sentence after a 2022 verdict that included five convictions, seven acquittals and nine counts that resulted in a deadlock.
- Prosecutors have 30 days to seek further review of the ruling before the case proceeds to a new trial.
- UCLA separately resolved most related civil claims with settlements of $374 million, $243.6 million and $73 million over allegations the university failed to protect patients.