A judge released an order Tuesday denying a motion to dismiss charges against a former DeKalb County officer accused of murdering a military veteran.
Robert Olsen was indicted in January on numerous charges, including felony murder, in the March 2015 shooting death of 27-year-old Anthony Hill. He pleaded not guilty in June.
During a hearing on Olsen’s motion to dismiss the indictment, defense attorney Don Samuel argued that extra, unnecessary people were in the room during the grand jury proceeding, including multiple people from the district attorney’s office, an expert witness and a court reporter who didn’t transcribe anything but a statement by the officer.
Judge J.P. Boulee wrote in his order that dismissal of an indictment is “an extreme sanction, which is to be used only sparingly as a remedy for unlawful government conduct.”
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