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California Appellate Court Agrees To Hear Polanski's Argument

By Corey Rayburnyung

The ABA Journal is reporting that a California appellate court has "agreed to hear a claim by fugitive film director Roman Polanski that the criminal system has been biased in its handling of a decades-old child-rape case against him." The Mercury News has more. From the ABA Journal:Staying a planned Wednesday hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court, the 2nd District Court of Appeals has agreed to hear Polanski's emergency appeal concerning the trial court's refusal to move the proceedings to another jurisdiction, according to the Associated Press and an earlier L.A. Now blog post published in the Los Angeles Times before the appeal was granted.Underlying the recusal matter, the trial court has been asked to dismiss the case against Polanski due to alleged bias...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on January 21, 2009 (boomark / email).