Exoneration of Sexual Charges
Nov 22, 2011OUTCOME: Charges were dismissed
Shannon Dorvall, investigated a case against a man accused of child sexual abuse charges. She arranged for two separate examinations of the older girl by physicians. Dr. Neysa Whiteman performed an e ... xamination on June 29, 2010 and found no signs of trauma. Dr. Carlos Olivia of the Vista Family Health Center conducted an examination on July 5, 2010, and found no signs of trauma or tears of the hymen. The results of the two examinations were sent to the San Diego District Attorney’s Office, which asked for a third examination. Dr. Premi Thomas Suresh at Children’s Hospital in San Diego examined the girl on September 2, 2011, and said there were no tears of the hymen. As a result, a state petition for a writ of habeas corpus was filed September 26, 2011. The District Attorney’s Office did not oppose the petition. On November 22, 2011, San Diego County Superior Court Judge Runston Maino vacated the conviction, the charges were dismissed and Galicia was released.
