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Judge blocks alcohol evidence

Updated: September 1, 2010, 7:43 PM ET
Associated Press
SANTA ANA, Calif. -- The attorney for a man accused of killing Los Angeles Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart and two others in a drunken driving crash cannot introduce evidence that the driver of Adenhart's car may also have been drinking, a judge ruled Wednesday.

The evidence is irrelevant in the triple-murder trial of Andrew Gallo, 23, Orange County Superior Court Judge Richard Toohey said during a motions hearing.

Defense attorney Jacqueline Goodman had argued that the woman driving ...

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