Michael Corolla

General

• Stood trial for the murder of Karen Chondelle
• Pleaded not guilty
• Legal representative: Johann Jacobson
• Judge Alice Zeller declared a mis-trial on 05.05.05
• A retrial is being delayed, while more information was sought.
• However, on 22-SEP-05, the case was entirely dismissed as the prosecution announced all it's evidence slowly unravelled.

"It looks like a juror was being paid to convict him," said Corolla's legal representative, Johann Jacobson. "Nobody does something like that without a big motive, and we're going to find out what that motive is."

References

• Perplex City Sentinel
  • more news in brief, 21-MAR-05 Corolla Trial Adjourns (Link)
  • letters, 21-MAR-05 (link)
  • article, 28-MAR-05 "Corolla Jurist Under Misconduct Suspicion" (link)
  • letters, 25-APR-05 "Judicial Brouhaha" (link)
  • article, 09-MAY-05 "Zeller Declares Corolla Mistrial" (link)
  • more news in brief, 17-JUN-05 "Corolla Retrial Up in Air" (link)
  • more News in Brief, 22-SEP-05 "Corolla Case Dismissed" (link)