the assistant prosecutor saw the train wreck ahead and wasn t at all pleased. he grabbed the mic. can i speak? and the judge very quickly said, no, you may not. bill gargen continued to speak. and the judge said i ll put you in handcuffs. never seen that before. behind bill gargen, the prosecutor, not the defendant. he was interrupting. he was becoming unhinged. the judge did finish his thought. he threw out the entire case against charlie tan, a judicial ruling that meant that the case couldn t be reprosecuted or retried. it was a big win for charlie tan. he was ecstatic. outside the courtroom, the media was waiting for charlie, the former defendant who hadn t yet spoken to reporters. now you ll talk to us, right? back up, back up, please,
please. and before we got a chance to talk to him, his defense lawyer ushered him out down the hallway. what did you think? did you take it all in? i m not sure he took it all in. i m not sure i took it all in at first. that this is over. it was super exciting. everyone was so happy. everyone was in tears. not quite everyone. assistant d.a. bill gargen was fuming. you were willing to get arrested over this. i was more than willing to have handcuffs placed on me to argue my point. i didn t cross any lines. what recourse do you have? there s no appeal. that i know of. so charlie tan is free. that s it. there is no appeal as of from this trial order of dismissal, because there has not been a verdict by the jury. the event didn t happen. correct. so in the people versus charlie tan, you had to cynically wonder whether the defendant s vocal supporters carried the day from outside the courtroom. some think the golden ivy league boy was able to kill his
i m not sure i took it all in at first. that this is over. it was super exciting. everyone was so happy. everyone was in tears. not quite everyone. assistant d.a. bill gargen was fuming. you were willing to get arrested over this. absolutely. i was more than willing to have handcuffs placed on me to argue my point. i didn t cross any lines. what recourse do you have? there s no appeal. that i know of. so charlie tan is free. that s it. there is no appeal as of from this trial order of dismissal, because there has not been a verdict by the jury. the event didn t happen. correct. so in the people versus charlie tan, you had to cynically wonder whether the defendant s vocal supporters carried the day from outside the courtroom. you re talk about the division in the community. some think the golden ivy league boy was able to kill his father and get away with it.
at all pleased. he grabbed the mic. can i speak? and the judge very quickly said, no, you may not. bill gargen continued to speak. and the judge said i ll put you in handcuffs. the judge told that to the district attorney. never seen that before. behind bill gargen, the prosecutor, not the defendant. he was interrupting. he was becoming unhinged. after the dramatics with the prosecutor the judge did finish his thought. he threw out the entire case against charlie tan, a judicial ruling that meant that the case couldn t be reprosecuted or retried. it was a big win for charlie tan. he was ecstatic. outside the courtroom, the media was waiting for charlie, the former defendant who hadn t yet spoken to reporters. now you ll talk to us, right? back up, back up, please, please. and before we got a chance to talk to him, his defense lawyer ushered him out down the hallway. what did you think? did you take it all in? i m not sure he took it all in.
talk to him, his defense lawyer ushered him out down the hallway. what did you think? did you take all in? i m not sure he took it all in. i m not sure i took it all in at first. that this is over. it was super exciting. everyone was so happy. everyone was in tears. not quite everyone. assistant d.a. bill gargen was fuming. were you willing to get arrested over this. absolutely. i was more than willing to have handcuffs placed on me to argue my point because i didn t cross any lines. what recourse do you have? there s no appeal. that i know of. so charlie tan is free. that s it. there is no appeal as of from this trial order of dismissal, because there has not been a verdict by the jury. the event didn t happen. correct. so, in the people versus charlie tan, you had to cynically wonder whether the defendant s vocal supporters carried the day from outside the courtroom. so your 25e talking about the division in the community.