CALIFORNIA BRIEFING / OAKLAND
Associated Press
A judge ruled Thursday that a former Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer should stand trial on murder charges in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man on a train platform.
Alameda County Superior Court Judge Don Clay said there was sufficient evidence for Johannes Mehserle to face murder charges in the Jan. 1 shooting of Oscar Grant.
Mehserle’s defense has contended that he accidentally grabbed his pistol instead of his stun gun when he shot Grant, who was face down.
-- Associated Press
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