Woman to Testify in Memory-Recall Murder Trial
George Franklin’s daughter, the key witness in a repressed-memory murder case against her father, will testify at his retrial despite defense claims to the contrary, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
Lawyers for Franklin said Tuesday they had learned that Eileen Franklin-Lipsker did not want to take the stand in the retrial, scheduled for Sept. 16 in San Mateo County Superior Court. Her statements to prosecutors were provided to Franklin’s lawyers in pretrial discovery, said defense lawyer Dylan Schaffer.
But Deputy Dist. Atty. Elaine Tipton said the defense was quoting Franklin-Lipsker out of context. Her entire statement makes it clear that she will testify if necessary, Tipton said.
“After the case was reversed, Ms. Franklin-Lipsker expressed a great reluctance to go through a retrial because of the emotional impact it would have on her life, having been through it once before,” said Tipton, who is to again be the lead prosecutor.
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