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That man, Bismarck Dinius, was back in court Friday morning, hoping those charges would be dismissed after the district attorney opened an investigation into whether Chief Deputy Russell Perdock lied about the accident under oath. But the district attorney told the court he was pressing ahead with the prosecution.
"We have not come across anything in the investigation thus far that would be reason not to proceed to trial," said Lake County District Attorney Jon Hopkins.
"I think that from the very beginning, these guys wanted to, to you know, hang me, and it doesn't surprise me in the least – no," said Dinius.
Dinius's lawyer has asked the Attorney General's Office to step in and take over the case. That motion gets heard at the end of this month.
Previous stories:
- 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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