PEOPLE v. COWAN Part-II
<script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-1698443-1"; urchinTracker(); </script> <html ><br /> <head><br /> <title>PEOPLE v</title><br /> </head><br /> <body><br /> <div><br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <br/><b >PEOPLE v. COWAN</b><br /> <h6> </h6><br /> <h6> </h6><br /> <h6> </h6><br /> <h6> </h6><br /> <h6> </h6><br /> <h6> </h6><br /> <h6> </h6><br /> <h6 align=center >Filed 8/5/10</h6><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/><b >IN THE SUPREME<br /> COURT OF </b><b >CALIFORNIA</b><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>THE PEOPLE, )<br /> <br/> )<br /> <br/> Plaintiff<br /> and Respondent, )<br /> <br/> ) S055415<br /> <br/> v. )<br /> <br/> ) <br /> <br/>ROBERT WESLEY COWAN, )<br /> <br/> ) Kern<br /> County<br /> <br/> Defendant<br /> and Appellant. ) Super.<br /> Ct. No. 059675A<br /> <br/>__________________________________ )<u></u><br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <br/><b >STORY CONTINUE <br /> FROM PART I….</b><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <h3>1. Factual Background </h3><br /> <br/> Defendant<br /> first moved to dismiss the complaint in August 1994, arguing the 10-year delay<br /> between the murders and his arrest prejudiced him because of his own faded<br /> memory and that of critical defense witnesses. <br /> In support, defendant's attorney, Michael Sprague, declared in pertinent<br /> part, â€