Convictions upheld in journalist's 2007 murder in Oakland
Source: Oakland Tribune
A state appeals court on Wednesday upheld the convictions of two men in the 2007 murder of Oakland newspaper editor Chauncey Bailey, ruling that the defendants received a fair trial despite "a great deal of negative pretrial publicity."
Yusuf Bey IV and Antione Mackey were convicted in 2011. Bey IV ordered the killing, and Mackey helped a third man, gunman Devaughndre Broussard, carry it out. All were members of the now defunct Your Black Muslim Bakery.
The defendants claimed their trial should have been moved out of Alameda County because of scores of newspaper and television reports about Bailey's killing. Mackey also claimed he should have received a separate trial.
At oral arguments in October, Presiding Justice J. Anthony Kline said he and two other jurists were struggling with the change-of-venue question. But Wednesday's unanimous ruling seemed unambiguous, with the justices finding that trial Judge Thomas Reardon picked "a jury that had been rigorously screened ... for bias."
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