tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post6581341945566146004..comments2024-02-24T18:44:39.324-08:00Comments on Trials & Tribulations: Michael Thomas Gargiulo, Pretrial Hearing 42Sprockethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837416113512618694noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post-1611954977291999462018-11-02T16:36:59.180-07:002018-11-02T16:36:59.180-07:00U have no idea about the man Michael is. I'm w...U have no idea about the man Michael is. I'm with him everyday. Ur all being brain washed by dirty detectives . this man is innocent n if forcefully having to be accused of crimes he never commited. My husband is a gift not a hazard. If any of u knew him or knew the dirty things done then ud be saying alot of different things.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10062594282865405611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post-72811825301325333522018-11-02T16:33:24.790-07:002018-11-02T16:33:24.790-07:00None of u have any idea about who Michael is. He&#...None of u have any idea about who Michael is. He's wrongfully being charged of crimes he did not commit. I'm in contact with him every single day for years. Don't pass judgement on a man who you only know about cause of ditry derives n false accusations . he is nothing what u think. My husband is a gift not a hazard. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10062594282865405611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post-34000165966840122172018-06-17T20:53:32.723-07:002018-06-17T20:53:32.723-07:00Anything new?Anything new?Joe k.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05665400651481995972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post-47538526545778952012018-06-02T20:25:13.246-07:002018-06-02T20:25:13.246-07:00I really appreciate your coverage of this trial! ...I really appreciate your coverage of this trial! My sister and I are following it as my sister knew Michael at one point when she was closely connected to one of his siblings. (She even got into a fight with him at Thanksgiving one year, I guess. Glad she didn't get murdered.)<br /><br />Let's just say when she learned he was suspected of being a serial killer, there was not really surprise.ThatOneMezzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234069098280279804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post-3088330478259570862018-04-29T06:10:41.802-07:002018-04-29T06:10:41.802-07:00Correction. I meant to say "call his investig...Correction. I meant to say "call his investigators," as pro per, not his attorneys. Sprockethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03837416113512618694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post-49334610947960313712018-04-28T17:08:16.856-07:002018-04-28T17:08:16.856-07:00Most people are not aware that the LA County Court...Most people are not aware that the LA County Court system is the largest Court system in the country. There are 37 courthouses in Los Angeles County. There are over 100 civil courtrooms in the Stanley Mosk Courthouse alone. There are 60 courtrooms in the downtown LA criminal court building.<br /><br />The LA County DA's office is the largest District Attorney's office in the country. They see every kind of case imaginable. <br /><br />Have you read any history on this case? It might be helpful to look at the Quick Links page I have built. This is a complex case with three victims, and another uncharged act/victim [1101(b) evidence] that will be presented in this case. I expect this case to take 5-6 months. There will be many, many witnesses who testify.<br /><br />In April 2012, Gargiulo decided to go "pro per" meaning, he was representing himself. That lasted for about 2.5 years. When a defendant goes pro per, the court basically has to bend over backwards, especially on a death penalty case, to ensure his rights are not violated. The court, and the DA's office doesn't want to go through a lengthy trial only to have it overturned on appeal. <br /><br />Defendants who are brought to court, are cavity searched before they are returned to the jail facility. As an aside, there are "thousands" of detainees in the LA County Sheriff's downtown men's central jail. One one such return trip from court in April 2014, Gargiulo was found to have a piece of metal in his mouth. Contraband. The piece of metal was the clip from a ball point pen. The proper hearings were held and in the LA County jail, Gargiulo was denied his access to the Jail Law Library and the phones in there to call his attorneys. He was still pro per, but he did not have any access to research, etc., that other pro per defendants get, because he violated the terms of the jail. Access to the Jail Law Library is a privilege, not a right. He struggled on for 6-7 more months and then relinquished his pro per status. <br /><br />He was saddled with the same attorney he hated who represented him in the preliminary hearing. All the work/motions Gargiulo filed are worthless because it's now basically a new attorney.<br /><br />That lasted about a year. Something happened in that counsel's law office (that I won't go into at this time) where as, the court finally granted Gargiulo's many Marsden Motion request to get a different counsel. <br /><br />So at the end of 2015, the second chair (who would have defended Gargiulo in the penalty phase) became first chair and he needed to find a new second chair. He also had to read all the thousands upon thousands of discovery pages presented so far. He also had to present to the *supervising* court (not the trial court) his needed budget to defend the case. All that takes time. So it took that counsel about a year and a half to prepare. And during that time, a new judge was assigned to Dept 108, where the case had been since 2008. The DA's office didn't like that judge so they *papered"* the judge and the case landed in Judge Fidler's court. <br /><br />August or September of last year, they had a trial date around the first of this year. But the current trial in Fidler's court went longer than expected. And what happened? Gargiulo decided to change his plea from not guilty to not guilty by reason of insanity.<br /><br />What that does, is it opens up a LOT of discovery and other doctor experts that need to examine Gargiulo. It also means that after the trial to determine guilt phase, there will be a trial to determine sanity. Then if he is found sane, there will be a penalty phase, to determine if Gargiulo gets death or not. <br /><br />I hope that answers your question. Sprockethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03837416113512618694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post-41498833804129111372018-04-28T15:18:26.182-07:002018-04-28T15:18:26.182-07:00I am writing from MA. Here people complain if a mu... I am writing from MA. Here people complain if a murder case takes two years to come to trial. I am puzzled why this case is taking so many years.I read the book on this case ,The Hot one by Carolyn Murnick and know how much the victim"s families need to see justice served. I hope this case does go to trial this Aug,2018.<br /> I wonder if the LA justice system in overwhelmed,disorganized, or does not care enough to bring this case to trial without avoidable delays?<br /> this does not seem like a normal court process to me. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12173743047328991474noreply@blogger.com