Judge dismisses murder charges

WOMAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HER FATHER WHEN SHE WAS JUST 12 YEARS OLD LATE THIS AFTERNOON THE JUDGE DISMISSED THE CHARGES GADI SCHWARTZ WAS IN COURTROOM HE S LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM WITH WHAT WAS BEHIND THE JUDGE S DECISION AN 8 YEAR WAIT MAKES THIS ONE OF THE MOST DELAYED TRIALS IN THE HISTORY OF CHILDREN S COURT AND THAT MUCH TIME IS THE MAIN REASON THOSE MURDER CHARGES AGAINST NOW 20 YEAR OLD JADE GONZALES HAVE BEEN DISMISSED TODAY IN COURT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY TOOK HIS LAST STAND AGAINST A MOTION TO HAVE THE CASE DISMISSED BEFORE GONZALES 21ST BIRTHDAY THE D-A SAYS IN 1999 THEN 12-YEAR OLD JADE SHOT HER FATHER SAM GONZALES IN THE HEAD WHILE HE SLEPT JADE S ATTORNEY SAYS THAT SHOOTING WAS ACCIDENTAL AND THE MANNER IN WHICH POLICE INTERROGATED JADE AND HANDLED THE INVESTIGATION WAS THE MAIN REASON FOR THE YEARS OF APPEALS GONZALES ATTORNEY ARGUED THAT 8 YEARS WAS WAY TOO LONG TO WAIT FOR A FAIR TRIAL AND AS JUDGE JOHN ROMERO RULED IN FAVOR OF GONZALES THE REACTION OF THOSE IN THE COURTROOM WAS SPLIT 29 27-44 the balance is in favor of the child and the motion to dismiss this case is well taken and the motion is granted anything else for the record- thank you we are off the record SAM GONZALES FAMILY TELLS US THEY FEEL LET DOWN BY THE COURT S DECISION AND ACCUSE JADE S ATTORNEY OF DELAYING THE CASE SO IT WOULD BE THROWN OUT BUT EVEN IF JADE S CASE WOULD HAVE GONE TO TRIAL- THE COURTS JURISDICTION OVER HER WOULD HAVE ENDED IN A FEW MONTHS WHEN SHE TURNS 21 A WET START TO THE HOLIDAY