Menendez brothers’ lawyer to seek transfer of case citing conflict of interest

Attorney wants case to be transferred to state before new prosecutor takes office as resentencing hearing nears

The public and legal drive to free Erik and Lyle Menendez, the notorious Los Angeles brothers who murdered their parents Jose and Mary Kitty" Menendez in 1989, has taken a new political turn as they await a resentencing hearing a month into the new year.

An attorney - representing 24 family members of Kitty and Jose Menendez who support the brothers' release - plans to file a petition to transfer the case from Los Angeles county to the California attorney general's office, citing a conflict of interest.