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Lake County District Attorney Jon Hopkins told the court on Wednesday that he planned to call Sheriff's Captain /*Russell Perdock*/ to the stand to testify.
However, the prosecution rested its case Thursday morning after hearing from a single witness, Craig Woodworth, an investigator with the Lake County DA's office.
Perdock slammed his powerboat into a sailboat on Clear Lake while driving at night on April 29, 2006, killing a woman who was a passenger on the sailboat. But it was the man at the tiller of the sailboat, /*Bismarck Dinius*/, who got charged with a crime.
Dinius's defense attorney, Victor Haltom, said Perdock should be on trial instead of his client, and that he was "stunned" that Perdock did not appear Thursday.
"Yesterday in court Mr. Hopkins had announced that to everybody that was there that Perdock was going to testify, and he didn't," Haltom said.
The defense also asked the judge to dismiss the felony count of boating under the influence causing injury or death against Dinius, but the judge denied their motion.
DA Hopkins declined to comment on why Perdock did not appear.
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Previous stories:
- Boat crash trial underway in Lake County
- Manslaughter charge dropped in Lake Co. case
- Fatal Lake Co. boat crash case falling apart
- New info. derails fatal boat crash case
- Victim's family: "Wrong man charged"
- Judge says boat pilot should stand trial
- Preliminary hearing into Clear Lake boat crash
- Fatal boat crash: Conflict of interest?
- Preliminary hearing underway in boat crash
- Court appearance in fatal boat crash case
- Official changing story in fatal boat crash
- Dept. of Justice to investigate boat crash
- Unusual tactics by boat crash investigators
- Lawsuit negotiations in fatal boat crash
- Fatal boat crash: Witnesses tell different story
- Fatal boat crash: Wrong man charged?
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