Well it would seem all is not well in Hollywood this evening. If you recall from the post earlier Mr. Hollywood was attempting to recuse the prosecuting D.A. and the entire District Attorney’s office because they had handed over mountains of confidential information to the directors of Alpha Dog. Well the Supreme Court in its opinion Tuesday decided that to recuse
A defendant must identify, and a court must find, some conflict of interest that renders it unlikely defendant will receive a fair trial. The trial court found no such conflict.
and in Hollywood’s case that means the murder trial is back on. The brief for those interested can be found here.
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July 15, 2008 at 4:30 pm
william townsend
Could a regular civilian like myself get ahold of the grand jury testimony transcripts on this case……i heard it’s open to the public
July 15, 2008 at 6:21 pm
crywithme
Well actually most Grand Jury proceedings are private. It is actually a crime to release information about a Federal Grand Jury proceeding, unless you were summoned by the grand jury in which case you can talk about your time under questioning.
California is one of the few states that maintains a grand jury. Each county in California is required by law to keep an active Grand Jury. Most california grand jury’s actually have a website, like ventura county.
The california grand jury proceedings are secret, but in california the grand juries are required to write and issue a report for each issue they look into. These reports can usually be found for free on the grand juries websites.
California grand jury proceedings are kept secret in an effort to elicit testimony from people who would otherwise not give it (victims of gang, or mob crime). The testimony is unavailable unless you have a very compeling reason to get it, and curiosity or research purposes wont cut it.
All of the testimony from regular court proceedings can be obtained, and for that all you need to do is contact the superior courts court reporters office and find out who was reporting during the testimony you are looking for. From there you order it directly from that court reporter. You pay by the page, and it gets expensive quickly.
Hope that helps.
July 16, 2008 at 8:37 pm
William Townsend
Thank you so much for this information, here’s what i’ve got so far on the Jesse James Hollywood case in terms of court reporters.
Sharon E. Reinhold, CSR NO. 7794
Official Court Reporter
Superior Courthouse, Department 6
Santa Barbara, California 93101
I’ve looked on their website and called this courthouse and so far have gotten nowhere, if there’s anyway you could help me track down Sharon Reinhold’s email, or these testimony transcripts it would be greatly appreicated.
July 16, 2008 at 9:09 pm
crywithme
I’ll look up phone numbers tommorrow for you. Whats the actual case number your looking into? Is it the remand from the state supreme court, or are you looking into the original trials.
I have not done much research on this case beyond the supreme court questions posed.
Usually the Court reporters dont give out their email, but she probably has a voicemail box that you can leave a message on asking for the transcripts for a certain trial.
Normally you have to be pretty specific when you request the transcripts. She probably has a thousand pages on any number of cases, so you’ll need to look into what it is you actually want before you make the call and request the transcripts.
Normally the request for transcripts comes after the document requests to the court. It doesnt have to work that way, but unless you have a decent grasp of the procedural history of the case you really wont know what it is you want from the court reporter. A good place to start if you havent already is to get a case report with the actions and minutes of the case.
July 16, 2008 at 9:28 pm
William Townsend
I’m looking for the testimony from the witnesses, defendants, and family members in this case, The only number i have for this case is CSR NO. 7794. I know it’s around 700 pages.
Sharon Reinhold was the court reporter, i ihope this helps, thanks again for everything.
July 23, 2008 at 4:52 pm
William Townsend
What’s up man, haven’t heard back from you did you found out any info for me to contact them
July 23, 2008 at 5:44 pm
crywithme
Sorry, Summer Exams are this thursday and friday for me. I’ve been studying my ass off trying to get ready for these.
I actually did find a number, but it is on a sticky at work, so I wont be able to get it until monday. I’ve been stalling because your going to need the case number, and I was going to see if I could track it down, and I just havent had time. The case number is a 7 digit number like the one below. That one below is the new case now that he has been caught and the case remanded. It might be the same case number as before but I doubt it, but I dont really know.
As soon as finals are over I’ll do some more digging for you.
If you in Santa Barbra you can go to a motion hearing…wooooo right?
09/04/2008
14:00
1014465
Jesse James Hollywood
Motion:Set Aside–995PC
Brian E Hill
SB14
July 25, 2008 at 4:00 pm
William Townsend
You sir are awesome, thank you for everything so far, and i appeciate the info your trying to find for me, man i wish i could attend that motion hearing in september, Will hollywood be there??? I live in Orlando but i am considering coming to Santa Barbara for the trial, If i did come for a week would the first week of the trial be the best???
August 11, 2008 at 9:19 pm
crywithme
Okay…well I havent done much lately, but I got some numbers
SCOCSBC
Figueroa Building
118 E. Figueroa St., Santa Barbara, CA 93103
Criminal/Records 805-568-2752
August 11, 2008 at 9:35 pm
crywithme
LOWER COURT INFORMATION
Lower Court: SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SUPERIOR
Lower Court County: SANTA BARBARA
Lower Court Judge: HILL, BRIAN
Lower Court Case Number: 1014465
PARTICIPANT INFORMATION
Name: HOLLYWOOD, JESSE JAMES
Type: PETITIONER
Attorney: MICHAEL GARY RAAB
Attorney Address: 16000 VENTURA BLVD #1208
ENCINO, CA 91436
Firm Name: LAW OFC JAMES BLATT
Name: SUPERIOR COURT COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA
Type: RESPONDENT
Address: 1100 ANACAPA 2ND FLOOR
SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101
Name: PEOPLE, THE
Type: REAL PARTY IN INTEREST
Attorney: OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Attorney Address: 300 SO. SPRING STREET 5TH FLOOR – NORTH TOWER
LOS ANGELES, CA 90013
Okay…I think thats the case number your interested in
September 17, 2008 at 12:23 pm
law student
The case number is 1014465