AUBURN – Placer Superior Court Judge Robert P. McElhany announced Thursday that he will rule July 28 whether to dismiss charges against Veronica Martinez Salcedo, a nanny accused of shaking a baby, causing her death from a brain injury.
The case twice has ended in hung juries.
Defense attorney Mary Beth Action sought dismissal after a prosecutor requested time to decide whether to seek a third trial against Martinez Salcedo, who is accused in the death of 16-month-old Hannah Rose Juceam of Roseville.
Prosecutor Jeff Wood said a physician needed to review evidence presented in the second trial by a medical expert for the defense.
Hannah became unresponsive May 11, 2006, while Martinez Salcedo was baby-sitting her. She died two days later.
– Art Campos
