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...Court Judge James M. Ideman to hold Garcetti and Hearst in criminal contempt of court and impose sanctions. Attorneys J. Tony Serra and Shawn S. Chapman also ask the judge to find Garcetti, Hearst, lead prosecutor Michael Latin and police witness...
...Olson's handlers said they did not want to risk violating the gag order and upsetting the judge. Defense attorney J. Tony Serra argued Wednesday that Hearst has shown disrespect for the court. He sought the ultimate sanction -- prohibiting her...
...diligent counsel who will prepare for and be ready for trial on the date set," the motion said. It accused attorneys J. Tony Serra and Shawn Chapman of "purposeful stalling tactics intended to avoid trial." Chapman denounced the motion.
...questioned the rising costs of the Olson defense, which is being partially funded by public money. Defense attorney J. Tony Serra said the appeal would be filed with the state's 2nd District Court of Appeal next Monday. The judge, saying he...
...lead lawyer for former SLA fugitive Sara Jane Olson on Friday after both sides agreed that the case against attorney J. Tony Serra would be burdensome to the court, Serra's lawyers said. The dismissal cleared a hurdle in getting the long-delayed...
...before Superior Court Judge Larry P. Fidler, prosecutors raised a question about two trials that a defense attorney, J. Tony Serra, has scheduled in the meantime, but the San Francisco lawyer said he would make next month's trial date. The judge...
...the public confidence in it demands that (Olson) make a choice. She cannot have it both ways." Defense attorney J. Tony Serra told Fidler that his client wanted to maintain her plea, and that her comments after the court session last Wednesday...
...Their star witness, their chief witness in this case -- that would be Patty Hearst -- will be telling untruths," J. Tony Serra, an attorney for murder suspect Michael Bortin, said after a procedural court appearance Monday. The kidnapped newspaper...
...one of Jan. 8, 2001. With three lawyers having bowed out of the case in recent months, Olson's new defenders, J. Tony Serra and Shawn Chapman, said they could not be ready by August for a case that has assumed overwhelming proportions...
...jointly owned by Miramax Film Corp. and the family business, Hearst Communications. Olson's defense attorney, J. Tony Serra, said he may file legal motions this week asking Superior Court Judge James M. Ideman to find Hearst in contempt...