On July 20, defense attorneys for Brandon McInerney, the youth charged with murdering his gay classmate Lawrence King in February 2008, made a last ditch effort to delay the case by filing a motion to have the judge recused, claiming his rulings favored the prosecution.
"A judge has denied a defense motion to disqualify a Ventura County judge from the trial of a middle school student accused of murdering a gay classmate.
Prosecutor Maeve Fox said Monday that San Luis Obispo Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Burke ruled against the recusal motion filed by lawyers for 16-year-old Brandon McInerney…Campbell filed his own declaration to deny that he's prejudiced against the defendant.
Jury selection is scheduled to begin Wednesday but Fox says she has a scheduling conflict."