PEOPLE v. LASTRA

Nos. B309895, B311783.

83 Cal.App.5th 816 (2022)

299 Cal. Rptr. 3d 93

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ROBERT ANTHONY LASTRA, JR., et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Six.

As modified September 28, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rob Bonta , Attorney General, Lance E. Winters , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Susan Sullivan Pithey , Assistant Attorney General, Zee Rodriguez , William N. Frank and Charles S. Lee , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Dan Dow , District Attorney, Eric Dobroth , Assistant District Attorney, and Delaney Henretty , Deputy District Attorney, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Bryan A. Ford for Respondent Robert A. Lastra, Jr.

Patrick L. Fisher and Curtis L. Briggs for Respondent Tianna I. Arata Wentworth.

Earl E. Conaway III for Respondent Amman F. Asfaw.

Vincent Barrientos for Respondent Samuel J. Grocott.

Tyler R. Smith for Respondent Jerad D. Hill.

Tardiff & Saldo Law Offices and Dustin M. Tardiff for Respondent Marcus L. Montgomery.

Steven D. Rice for Respondent Joshua Powell.


OPINION

THE COURT.*—Respondents are college students who face criminal charges for marching through the City of San Luis Obispo following the murder of George Floyd, Jr., in 2020. The trial court granted their motion to recuse District Attorney Dan Dow's office from the case because of Dow's well-publicized association with critics of the black lives matter movement...

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