Ebrahim Baytieh, an OC Superior Court judge and former OCDA prosecutor, spoke on OC’s jailhouse snitch scandal for the first time publicly under oath on Monday in a San Diego courtroom.
Tag: Ebrahim Baytieh
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
A Controversial Past Haunts Orange County’s CARE Court Judge
A new controversial program that could push mentally ill and disabled residents into court-mandated programs is being run by a former prosecutor with a history of violating defendants’ civil rights.
Posted inSafety, Security & Justice
Could Scores of Convicted Criminals in OC Get New Trials Due to Prosecutors Misconduct?
The allegations claim that OC Superior Court Judge Ebrahim Baytieh, who used to work in the District Attorney’s office, improperly convicted a man for murder and covered up evidence.
Posted inOrange
Should the Public and Victims’ Families Get to Watch Orange Mass Shooter’s Conservatorship Proceedings?
They’re secret by default. But the county will now be asking a judge to open them up to being observed by the public and the victims’ families.
Posted inPolitics & Elections
How Truthful Does a Candidate’s Ballot Statement to Voters Need to Be?
This week, amidst a host of legal challenges to various campaigns, one local judge will decide whether DA candidate Peter Hardin can attack incumbent DA Todd Spitzer in an official ballot statement.
Posted inSafety, Security & Justice
Cheating Scandals Trigger Dropped Endorsements For DA Spitzer, Baytieh Judge Campaigns
San Diego DA drops endorsement for Spitzer as he faces blowback over how his statements impacted a death penalty case. A prominent law professor also dropped support for Ebrahim Baytieh, a former Spitzer deputy on the other end of controversy.
Posted inSafety, Security & Justice
OC Prosecutors Challenge DA Spitzer for Bringing Race into Death Penalty Decision
Spitzer reportedly told his prosecutors he knew of Black men who get themselves out of bad circumstances by dating white women – prompting turmoil in the case.
Posted inNorberto Santana Jr.
Santana: Did OC District Attorney Todd Spitzer Fire a Top Prosecutor to Protect Himself?
This week, the DA abruptly fired one of his top prosecutors who is running For OC Superior Court Judge over cheating on prosecutions but there is mounting speculation about the timing of the firing.
Posted inSafety, Security & Justice
OC Murder Conviction Thrown Out as Misconduct Accusations Fly at High-Level Prosecutor
The DA’s office moved to overturn the conviction after public defenders discovered what they allege was illegal withholding of evidence that sheriff investigators had unlawfully used jail informants in the case.
Posted inCountywide
OC Prosecutors ‘Inappropriately Abandoned’ Plan to Tell Defendants About Informant Violations, DA Says
The move came after an appeals court found prosecutors had systemically violated defendants’ rights with an illegal informant program, according to the DA’s office.
