The prosecution asked a judge to dismiss the case against two Torrance police officers indicted for voluntary manslaughter in the 2018 shooting death of a Black man, but a judge refused Friday to immediately rule on the request.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Sam Ohta cited a pending appeal before the California Supreme Court by one of the defendants, saying he thought it would be inappropriate to rule on the request involving the case against Officer Matthew Concannon and former Officer Anthony Chavez while the case involving Concannon is before the state’s highest court.
“The case is really not with me right now,” the judge said…