UCLA DOCTOR SENTENCED FOR SEX CRIMES HAS CONVICTION TOSSED BECAUSE ONE OF THE JURERS DIDN'T SPEAK ENGLISH

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UCLA doctor sentenced for sex crimes has conviction tossed because one of the California jurors didn't speak English

Harris Rigby

Feb 5, 2026

 

California is beyond parody.

 

A former gynecologist at UCLA hospital was previously convicted for being a sex predator and was handed down an 11 year sentence for his crimes.

 

But that conviction was just tossed for THE most California reason possible:

 

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Libs of TikTok Verified account @libsoftiktok:

 

WTF. Former disgraced UCLA gynecologist James Heaps, who was convicted of sex charges and sentenced to 11 years in prison, will now have his conviction THROWN OUT after a judge determined one of the jurors COULDN’T UNDERSTAND ENGLISH

 

He will now have the opportunity for a new trial.

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I'm not a trial lawyer, but I think one of my questions for a potential juror might be something like, "Do you speak English?".

Especially in California!

 

Here's the Associated Press:

 

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A three-justice panel from California's 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled Dr. James Heaps was denied a fair trial because the judge did not share with his defense counsel a note by the court's foreman pointing out concerns that one juror lacked sufficient English to carry out their duties.

 

Heaps' attorney, Leonard Levine, said he and his team were not aware of the note or that there was any question about a juror's ability to serve until two years later when an attorney working on an appeal discovered it in a court file.

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How stupid is this judge?

 

The foreman told the judge, "Hey, one of these jurors doesn't really speak English" and instead of addressing it then and there the judge did nothing? And didn't even tell the defense?

 

I mean, I don't want to speak in favor of accused sex offenders, but receiving a trial in this joke of a legal system is so not fair.

 

In the 31-page ruling, the appellate court panel pointed out that within about one hour of Juror No. 15 being seated as a substitute for a juror who had a medical issue, concerns were raised about whether the person was qualified to serve. The foreman's note indicated that Juror No. 15 did not speak English well enough to participate in the deliberations, the ruling stated.

 

The amount of incompetence here is staggering.

 

Is there anything about our legal system we can trust?

 

I'll leave ya with this note from Douglass Mackey, who was jailed for sharing a Hillary meme and pardoned by Trump:

 

The image is a tweet by Douglass Mackey that reads: "Well, well, well... A California doctor had his conviction overturned because a juror barely spoke English. When I was on trial, 1/3 of the jury had poor and little English. They asked the judge for a dictionary and the request was denied." The tweet implies a contrast between the outcomes of two trials regarding jurors' English proficiency.