Marilyn Barrett’s Robert F. Kennedy assassination research files

Collection

Identifier: MC-073

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection consists of files compiled during the attorney’s research into the LAPD’s handling of the case, arranged alphabetically by topic. Includes audiotape of police logs, audiotape cassette interviews, and a card file indexing various individuals, their locations and at the time of the shooting, and what they heard.

Dates

1968-1996

Creator

Barrett, Marilyn, 1952- (Person)

Language of Materials

Materials entirely in English

Conditions Governing Access

No known restrictions

Biographical / Historical

Los Angeles attorney Marilyn Barrett represented a fifty-member group who requested `an investigation into the LAPD’s procedures and practices as they pertained to their handling of the investigation of the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, which occurred on June 6, 1968 at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. The group included Cesar Chavez, Robert Jolling, Frank Maniewicz, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., and former counsel to the U.S Senate Watergate Committee, Samuel Dash. Documents provided to the district attorney’s office revealed that Kranz’s independence as a special counsel was limited. The request was filed on April 2, 1992. The DA’s response was negative due to lack of new evidence.