A teenager accused of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter in a crash that killed four of her friends formally denied the charges in Marin County Superior Court on Wednesday.
The 17-year-old, sitting alongside her parents and attorney, entered her plea before a judge and courtroom of observers — most of them families and friends of the girls who died in the fiery crash last April.
But moments after what appeared to be a routine plea proceeding, the case took an unexpected turn when prosecutors announced they were seeking confidential personnel records for one of the California Highway Patrol officers who responded to the crash…