The suspect’s burned car on Hwy 24 near Orinda following police pursuit and crash on July 21, 2018. Herald file photo.
By Jimmy Lee, Director of Public Affairs, Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff
Sheriff-Coroner David O. Livingston announces that a Coroner’s jury has reached a finding in the July 21, 2018 death of 20-year-old Lawrence Leo Martin IV of Oakland from a crash following a police pursuit in Orinda. The finding of the jury is that the death was an accident.
The Coroner’s jury today reached a unanimous verdict after hearing the testimony of witnesses called by hearing officer Matthew Guichard.
A Coroner’s inquest, which Sheriff-Coroner Livingston convenes in fatal incidents involving peace officers, is a public hearing during which a jury rules on the manner of a person’s death. Jury members can choose from the following four options when making their finding: accident, suicide, natural causes, or at the hands of another person, other than by accident.
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