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Jury selection for man accused of murdering O.C. attorney

By Jason Siegel

Jury selection continues for Michael Anunciation of Palm Springs, who is accused of strangling of O.C. litigator Garvin Shallenberger in 2006, KNBC reported (here).

Anunciation faces up to 25 years to life in state prison if convicted on charges of murder, grand theft and robbery.

Shallenberger was the head of litigation at Rutan & Tucker and previously the president of the California Bar Association.

Shallenberger's houseboy alleges the the 85-year-old attorney regularly picked up men and brought them back to his place to have sex -- and that he found Shallenberger dead a few hours after Shallenberger picked up Anunciation.
 
Anunciation's public defender claims witnesses will place Anunciation and Shallenberger at different locations, just before Shallenberger was strangled, KNBC reported.

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on June 20, 2008 (boomark / email).