Judge won’t excuse himself from case A...

Judge won’t excuse himself from case

A Superior Court judge on Tuesday did not recuse himself from the

statutory-rape trial of a 19-year-old who also faces charges of

gang-raping an unconscious 16-year-old.

Judge Luis Rodriguez set an Oct. 8 date for another hearing to

determine whether a trial date will be set for Greg Haidl. Haidl, the

son of Orange County Assistant Sheriff Don Haidl, is free on $100,000

bail on that case and on another $100,000 bail after a jury

deadlocked on the gang-rape charges against him and 19-year-olds Kyle

Nachreiner and Keith Spann.

Rodriguez has 10 days from Monday to decide if he is going to

respond to a request by Haidl’s defense attorney, Joseph Cavallo, to

recuse himself from the case.

Cavallo filed the motion Monday, asking Rodriguez to remove

himself because the judge is a potential witness in a federal

lawsuit. That lawsuit was brought by the underage girl against the

district attorney and others in connection with a search warrant the

judge signed to obtain her DNA against her will.

The 16-year-old girl admitted to having sex with Haidl while he

was out on bail on the gang-rape charges for a July 2002 incident.