Listed below is the link to the apellate courts and the current status of the Timothy Littlefield case.
http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.gov/search/case/dockets.cfm?dist=1&doc_id=2078140&doc_no=A141929
The following explaination is based on a conversation, according to an attorney who has tried similar cases and appeals. The summary is what this attorney thinks will happen.
Status of case has been updated to Case Fully Briefed. In a few months the case will likely be set for Oral Arguments in San Francisco. Either side can waive. Usually, they don't in Criminal cases. Since Littlefield's exposure is 160+ years, it is a good guess there will be oral arguments. At the conclusion of oral arguments, the apellate court will issue an opinion within 90 days. Often it is before that deadline. If the decision is bad for Littlefield, Littlefield can appeal until he runs out of options.
The first trial, the jurors were deadlocked 11 to 1. In the second trial, Littlefield was convicted of 11 molestation charges in 2013 with eight life sentences without possibility of parole. In 2014 Judge John Feeney declared a mistrial. The link from May 2014, the Timothy Littlefield story, I got the only interviewer from a juror who was on the same jury where another juror claimed he did not understand burden of proof.
Littlefield's attorney Mr. Russ Clanton has already said that there may be Round 3. When the previous DA administration was in charge, I had reported on a possible deal in the works.
According to a reliable source close to the case, oral arguments most likely will not happen. In such cases, this source said, the decision is usually favorable to the trial court.
Today, this is the latest development in the Littlefield case.
| 05/28/2015 | Oral argument waiver notice sent. | |
| 05/28/2015 | Record to court for review. |
The alleged victim was 8 years old, she has been through two trials. Littlefield, a former manager of the Arcata Center medical marijuana dispensary, was arrested by Humboldt County sheriff's deputies in February 2009.
Previous two posts with other links:
May 12, 2015
Next court hearing for Timothy Littlefield set for June 11, guess round 3 is on, alleged charges include sodomy with child under 10
June 11 disposition and reset hearing in Courtroom 2.
Charges against Littlefield include sexual intercourse/sodomy with a child under 10, penetration by a foreign object, oral copulation and lewd and lasvicious act under 14 years.
Littlefield has been represented in the last two trials and in round 3 by private attorney Russ Clanton.
Previous post:
Charges against Littlefield include sexual intercourse/sodomy with a child under 10, penetration by a foreign object, oral copulation and lewd and lasvicious act under 14 years.
Littlefield has been represented in the last two trials and in round 3 by private attorney Russ Clanton.
Previous post:
May 8, 2015
"Looks like we will be going round 3 in the Littlefied case", will the third time be justice for Timothy Littlefield
If you are not familiar with the Timothy Littlefield case, you may want to click on the links below. For those following the saga, the above quote is from Littlefield's attorney Russ Clanton.
He said he looked at the apellate brief. His remarks were directed to DDA Brie Bennett who is one of the DDAs now prosecuting CAST cases. This was openly said while we were in the hallway this morning waiting for the Kailan Meserve case.
http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-timothy-littlefield-story.html
http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2014/05/timothy-littlefield-posted-bail-and-is.html
http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2014/06/timothy-littlefield-deal-in-works.html
http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2014/12/attorney-general-files-opening-brief-in.html
http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2014/10/timothy-littlefield-case-keep-getting.html
johnchiv.blogspot.com/2014/05/unconfirmed-as-of-now-buttimothy.html?m=1
http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2014/11/attorney-general-to-default-on.html
http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2014/07/littlefield-retrial-set-for-oct-20.html
He said he looked at the apellate brief. His remarks were directed to DDA Brie Bennett who is one of the DDAs now prosecuting CAST cases. This was openly said while we were in the hallway this morning waiting for the Kailan Meserve case.
http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-timothy-littlefield-story.html
http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2014/05/timothy-littlefield-posted-bail-and-is.html
http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2014/06/timothy-littlefield-deal-in-works.html
http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2014/12/attorney-general-files-opening-brief-in.html
http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2014/10/timothy-littlefield-case-keep-getting.html
johnchiv.blogspot.com/2014/05/unconfirmed-as-of-now-buttimothy.html?m=1
http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2014/11/attorney-general-to-default-on.html
http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2014/07/littlefield-retrial-set-for-oct-20.html
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