“It would be impossible for the District Attorney’s office to prosecute this case in an ethical fashion,” said Orange County Superior Court Judge Gregory W. Jones.
Tag: Orange County Superior Court
The Orange County Superior Court is where much of our accountability reporting ends up, in filings and rulings rather than press releases. Cases against cities, open-meeting law, public records fights and the decisions that bind local government.
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Will OC Prosecutors Be Kicked Off Newport Beach Surgeon Rape Case?
A local judge is deciding whether to remove the entire DA’s Office from the case and transfer it to state prosecutors under the California Attorney General.
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OC Judge Allows Lawsuit Against Orange County Public Comment Policies to Move Forward
A lawsuit alleging Orange County supervisors have unconstitutionally restricted public comments got the green light to move forward Wednesday.
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Defense Alleges Bias by Judge in High-Profile Rape Case, Seeks Transfer to New Judge
A legal battle over whether Orange County prosecutors improperly tried to drop rape charges took a new turn Friday.
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OC Prosecutors Push Back Against Judge’s Claims of ‘Back Room’ Effort to Dismiss Rape Case
Prosecutors said Judge Gregory W. Jones’ ruling “unfairly maligns our reputations” and has numerous factual errors. A hearing in the case is set for 9 a.m. Friday.
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Judge Rejects Huntington Beach’s Challenge of Governor’s Coronavirus Beach Closures
“The United States Supreme Court has long recognized that the Constitution ‘does not import an absolute right in each person to be, at all times and in all circumstances, wholly free from constraint,’ ” wrote OC Superior Court Judge Nathan R. Scott.
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More People Could Get Out of Jail Under New Court Orders
The new measures will result in less people in the jails, reads an administrative order from OC Superior Presiding Judge Kirk Nakamura, “thus alleviating some of the pressures for arraignments within 48 hours and preliminary hearings within 10 days.”
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OC Court Officials Revise Operations and Hearings After Public Outrage, But What Happens Next is Unclear
OC Court officials have partly backed off reopening courtrooms for hearings amid a higher court order to close for two weeks and public health orders for OC residents to stay at home, after scenes from the main courthouse in Santa Ana on Thursday drew outrage from attorneys and county officials.
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DA Spitzer Calls For Closure of OC Courts Amid Coronavirus Concerns After Initially Supporting Hearings on Thursday
Spitzer denounced what some attorneys decried as a serious public safety hazard at the main courthouse in Santa Ana today, but a day earlier he urged court staff and attorneys to remain calm and assured that measures were in place to protect attorneys and court staff.
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This OC Candidate Has Already Won His March Primary Race
Assistant DA Tony Ferrentino, who apparently declined to prosecute a police officer arrested for DUI hit-and-run, has already won his election to become an OC Superior Court judge.
