PEOPLE v. WESTERFIELD (DAVID ALAN)
Case: S112691, Supreme Court of California
Date: (YYYY-MM-DD): 2012-10-09
Event Description: Respondent's brief filed
Notes: (84,867 words; 267 pp.)
The "Respondent" in this case is the Attorney General's office, not the Supreme Court. It holds the relative position that the district attorney did in the local trial, as "The People."
The "Appellant" is David Westerfield, the person initiating the appeal (see below). Each party presents its case in writing to the CA Supreme Court. When all the Briefs are in, a Court date will be scheduled for Oral Argument on the case before the justices of the Supreme Court.
The issue being argued here is whether there was judicial error on the part of the Trial judge in 2002. The Appellant's position is that the judge made errors (enumerated in the AOB, below). The State AG's position is to defend the judge and deny that errors occurred. It should be noted that the Trial judge, Hon. William Mudd, is now deceased.
NOTE: The Appellant's Reply Brief is due December 10, 2012, pursuant to California
Rules of Court 8.630(c)(1)(D). Update: Request for extension filed 12/10, granted 12/13/2012.
Update: Extension of time granted 2/20/13 for Appellant's Reply Brief (due June 2013)