JUDGEâS WORST LIST: Donât look for investigator...
JUDGEâS WORST LIST: Donât look for investigator Robert Davis of the district attorneyâs office in the witness box when Dr. Thomas Gionisâ new trial starts this week. . . . Davisâ bungled investigation two years ago led to a hung jury at Gionisâ first trial on charges that the surgeon ordered an attack on ex-wife Aissa Wayne. Judge Ted Millard, who presided at the first trial, said from the bench last week: âMr. Davis was without a doubt the worst witness I have ever seen in my career. Iâve seen ex-cons tell more plausible stories.â
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