New disclosures about Orange County sheriff’s deputies hiding another secret cache of records about jail informants is threatening to postpone the May 20 sentencing of convicted double-murderer Daniel Patrick Wozniak.
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Missing Cases Cast Shadow on Jail Informants Investigation
Records of six criminal cases, which include key documents showing prosecutorial misconduct involving jail informants, have disappeared from the Orange County Superior Court’s computer system.
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Wozniak Judge Refuses to Hold Hearing on Informants
Judge John D. Conley wrote that public defenders for accused murderer Daniel Patrick Wozniak had failed to show “outrageous government misconduct” involving a jail informant.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Countywide, Investigative, Top Stories
Prior Murder Adds Another Layer to Wozniak Case
Samuel E. Herr, the Costa Mesa man Daniel Patrick Wozniak allegedly killed and decapitated in 2010, was himself acquitted of murder charges more than a decade ago.
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Wozniak Lawyer Chronicles 30 Years of Alleged Abuses by Local Law Enforcement
In a mammoth motion, the public defender for Daniel Patrick Wozniak, the Costa Mesa man accused of a 2010 double murder, argues that his client shouldn’t face the death penalty because his constitutional rights have been violated by county law enforcement.
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Lights, Camera, Action! Inside OC’s Jails
Orange County Sheriff’s Department manipulated the media, but the tactic has led to allegations that rights of jailed inmates were violated.
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Public Defender Alleges Improprieties by Sheriff’s Deputies, TV Producers
Attorneys for admitted double murderer Daniel Patrick Wozniak say deputies and producers of MSNBC show violated his rights.
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Sheriff’s Department Use of Jailhouse Tracking System Under Scrutiny
In latest chapter of jailhouse informants case, an Orange County public defender alleges that records from the largely secret computer system were withheld from Scott Evans Dekraai defense.
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Judge Recuses Himself From Wozniak Case
Citing negative feelings toward public defender, James A. Stotler said Tuesday another judge should hear high-profile murder case.
