During his career , Minier was prosecutor in over 300 jury trials . He was DA in Santa Barbara County during the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill , and the trial of Gourgen Yanikian in 1972 , for the assassination of two Turkish consular officials . He also prosecuted about 900 rioters during the 1970 riots in Isla Vista . In Madera County he prosecuted the defendants of the 1976 Chowchilla kidnapping . In 1994 Minier sued the CIA for withholding information on the assassination of John F. Kennedy
1969 Santa Barbara oil spill
1969 Santa Barbara oil spill
David Minier