SANTA ANA (CNS) - An Orange County Superior Court judge today dismissed  a motion by two former Fullerton police officers to throw out charges against  them in the in-custody beating death of transient schizophrenic Kelly Thomas.

Orange County Superior Court Judge William Froeberg earlier this month  had tentatively ruled against the motion to dismiss charges against former  Fullerton police Cpl. Jay Cicinelli, who is charged with involuntary  manslaughter and excessive force, and former Fullerton Officer Manuel Anthony  Ramos, who is charged with second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter in  the July 5, 2011, beating.

Froeberg upheld that ruling today.

Attorney John Barnett, who represents Ramos, said he would appeal to the  Fourth District Court of Appeal in Santa Ana.

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