L.A. District Attorney Files Motion to Halt Menendez Resentencing Hearing

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman is making an attempt to kick the can down the street within the Menendez brothers‘ case … submitting a last-minute movement to push again Thursday’s resentencing listening to.

Hochman filed the movement Wednesday night time in L.A. County Superior Court to stop as we speak’s much-anticipated listening to from going ahead, arguing the court docket wants time to overview the California parole board’s danger evaluation report for Erik and Lyle Menendez.

As , Governor Gavin Newsom ordered the parole board again in February to conduct a danger evaluation of the brothers earlier than any clemency choice might be made.

In Wednesday’s submitting, obtained by TMZ, Hochman says the parole board accomplished its evaluation of Erik and Lyle — and the governor has invited the court docket to request the finished report for the resentencing listening to.

Hochman argues the court docket ought to make each effort to acquire the report, and if extra time is required, the decide ought to push again the resentencing listening to, successfully punting on the choice.

Newsom plans to make use of the report as a part of a June 13 listening to, during which Erik and Lyle will every seem earlier than the board for his or her particular person opinions. After the listening to, Newsom will then make his choice on whether or not to grant clemency to the brothers.

As , Erik and Lyle had been convicted of gunning down their dad and mom to loss of life of their Beverly Hills dwelling in 1989 and had been finally sentenced to life with out the potential for parole.