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But their foray into the entertainment world went awry in October 2006 when a state appellate panel threw both prosecutors off their cases. Joyce Dudley's novel, 'Intoxicating Agent,' hewed far too close to her real-world rape case, the court held, while Ronald Zonen shouldn't have allowed producers of the movie 'Alpha Dog' access to highly sensitive files in his sensational death-penalty case. As a result, the court ruled, keeping the prosecutors on the cases would deny both criminal defendants a fair trial. Haraguchi v. The Superior Court of Santa Barbara County, 49 Cal.Rptr.3d 590 (Cal. App. 2d Dist. 2006); Hollywood v. The Superior Court of Santa Barbara County, 49 Cal.Rptr.3d 598 (Cal. App. 2d Dist. 2006).
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Lawyers representing the two senior deputy-district attorneys recently went before the California Supreme Court in Los Angeles to argue that their clients' actions didn't warrant recusal. Haraguchi v. S.C. (People), S148207. They contend that the appellate panel erred by second-guessing the trial court judges, neither of which found sufficient reason to toss Dudley or Zonen off their cases.
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