CHULA VISTA (CNS) – The extensive publicity and news coverage surrounding Larry Millete — the Chula Vista man charged with murdering his wife, who has been missing for more than four years after vanishing from her home — would prevent him from receiving a fair trial if it’s held at the Chula Vista courthouse, his defense attorneys argue in a recent court filing.
Attorneys for Millete, who is scheduled to go to trial in January on allegations that he killed May “Maya” Millete argue the media coverage surrounding her disappearance and his criminal case “has obviously influenced public perception” and “poses a significant and unreasonable risk of juror bias.”
Attorneys Liann Sabatini and Colby Ryan argue that it would be especially difficult to impanel an impartial jury in Chula Vista, because the size of the population that would be drawn upon for a potential jury pool is not large enough “to dilute adverse publicity.”…