This is Judge Thistlethwaite's ruling in the Celeste Moon motion to suppress. The judge directs the prosecutor to submit this transcript to the Sonoma County DA's Brady committee which decides if an officer has committed dishonesty or misconduct.
This is Judge Thistlethwaite's ruling in the Celeste Moon motion to suppress. The judge directs the prosecutor to submit this transcript to the Sonoma County DA's Brady committee which decides if an officer has committed dishonesty or misconduct.
This is Judge Thistlethwaite's ruling in the Celeste Moon motion to suppress. The judge directs the prosecutor to submit this transcript to the Sonoma County DA's Brady committee which decides if an officer has committed dishonesty or misconduct.
This is Judge Thistlethwaite's ruling in the Celeste Moon motion to suppress. The judge directs the prosecutor to submit this transcript to the Sonoma County DA's Brady committee which decides if an officer has committed dishonesty or misconduct.
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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
ON BEHALF OF THE DEFENDAN’
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SONOMA
BEFORE THE HONORABLE JAMIE THISTLETHWAITE, JUDGE
DEPARTMENT 2
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PLAINTIFF,
No. SCR-661666
CELESTE MOON,
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FILED
APR 2 8 2015
‘SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA
‘COUNTY GF SONOMA
REPORTER'S TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS
FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2015
RULING
APPEARANCES:
ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE:
JILL RAVITCH
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
BY: SCOTT UEMURA, ESQ.
IZAAK SCHWAIGER, ESQ.
REPORTED BY:
BARRIE HART CSR#6954
ENDORSED
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FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2015 8:30 A.
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THE COURT: Moon. Celeste Moon. Case ending
666. The motion to suppress evidence, what actual evidence
did you want suppressed?
MR. SCHWAIGER: Well, your Honor, actually I'd
like to maybe, in midstream, do a bit of a change on that.
What I'm going to be asking for at this point, based on my
further analysis of where I believe the constitutional
violations took place in the encounter, my request today is
I'm inviting the Judge to dismiss pursuant to 1385 based on
the misconduct of the police officer; his, what I think can
be properly characterized as dishonesty on the stand, and
use of force at the contact.
THE COURT: Okay. So I actually, based on my
research kind of thought that's where you were going,
because really it's the only place you could go. and I am
going to respectfully deny that Mr. Schwaiger. I can't -- I
couldn't find anything that supported, other than just a
1385 generally, a motion to dismiss under Penal Code 1385,
but -- and especially based on what she said about running
from the deputy, and that's why.
But I'm telling you, Mr. Uemura -- I'm directing
you -- I've already asked -- I'm going to be asking for a
transcript of this. You have a video. You need to talk to
your Brady supervisors in your office, because it's my
considered opinion that Mr. Schwaiger is correct in his109}
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analysis, based on the testimony of the officer. But, the
motion is denied and the charges will stand, because based
on her testimony, it's clear to me that she ran from
deputy -- from the deputy inappropriately and there -- there
may be, based on the jury's determination, a 148 right
there.
MR. UEMURA: Your Honor, just to be clear, the
Court isn't making any factual findings as to the officer's
testimony?
THE COURT: I'm saying this needs to be put in
your Brady file; that's what I'm saying
(Whereupon the proceedings in this
matter were concluded.)
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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CERTIFICATE OF OFFICIAL REPORTER
I, BARRIE L. HART, C.S.R. #6954, hereby certify:
THAT on Friday, April 17, 2015 at the hour of
8:39 a.m. thereof, I reported in shorthand writing the
proceeding had in the matter of The People of the State of
California versus Celeste Moon No. SCR-661666.
THAT I thereafter caused my said shorthand
writing to be transcribed into longhand typewriting.
THAT the foregoing pages 1 through 4 constitute
and are a full, true, correct and accurate transcription of
my said shorthand writing and a correct and verbatim record
of the proceedings so had and taken, as aforesaid.
DATED this 27th day of April, 2015.
BARRIE L. HART, CSR 6954