Richard Wynn was wearing his vibrant, electric lime green shirt, the same one he wore three years and three months ago during the first trial. The one that ended in a mistrial. He stepped up to the podium. He looked up, facing the jury, and told them they didn’t need to rely on circumstantial evidence. ... Read More
Prosecution gives closing argument in applicant’s attorney Jon Woods’ second trial.
Deputy district attorney Noorul Hasan stepped up to the podium the bailiff put in place for her on Tuesday afternoon. It was the beginning of her closing argument. It was July 26, 2022. This was the second trial of applicants’ attorney Jon Woods in the Santa Ana Orange County Superior Court. It was in court... Read More
The verdict came in. Not Guilty! Finally, after almost 11 years of prosecution, Sim Hoffman, M.D., appeared emotional and glassy eyed.
After the closing arguments from the prosecution, and then the defense, and then the prosecution even again in a rebuttal argument, Judge Richard King gave some final words to the court room. The jury then filed out of the court room, in the same manner as they had many times. They went into the jury... Read More
The 1118.1 motion ruling in the Sim Hoffman, M.D. trial. More precipitous cascading flowed down the abyss to one remaining count
Judge Richard King now took to his vast wooden bench in the wood-laden court room of C-45 interlaid with its deep, blue-flecked and comfortable audience seats in the Santa Ana Superior Court. Considering all the evidence, he now read his written ruling. The Sleep Lab For the claims from the sleep labs for the polysomnographies... Read More
The Sim Hoffman, M.D. four-month trial cascaded counts down the abyss to the bitter end
The indictment against Sim Hoffman, M.D. by the Orange County District Attorney came down on May 11, 2011. It was for 884 counts of workers’ compensation insurance billing fraud, a massive quantity. This many counts are pretty much unheard of in a criminal charging document. It all came to an end on March 2nd 2022... Read More
Applicants’ attorney Jon Woods’ trial put on hold until next Monday, July 11th, in Orange County Superior Court.
Jon Woods’ current trial was put on hold last Thursday when a juror came down with COVID. It is expected to resume on July 11th, Monday. This is his second trial. His first one ended on April 17th 2019 in a hung jury. Then, his second trial was supposed to start in a maximum of... Read More
Dr. Munir Uwaydah in 2010
Last Friday brought a hung jury in Riverside County Superior Court in Matthew Rifat-Blue Oak Medical trial.
On Friday, in Riverside County Superior Court, in Department 43, in the People vs. Matthew Rifat, the trial ended in a mistrial. Rifat is an attorney who is one of the regulars who worked for Dr. Munir Uwaydah’s Blue Oak Medical Group in Southern California. So, the result was a hung jury. The jury deadlocked... Read More
Prosecutor Vince Marinaccio gives his final rebuttal argument in Sim Hoffman, M.D. trial. Tells the jury that well after Louis Santillan left, Dr. Hoffman had a new prescription that contained single fiber EMGs.
Vincent Marinaccio, the prosecutor, is wearing a yellow tie. This is his rebuttal closing argument. The day is the afternoon of March 1st 2022. The prosecution gets to make a rebuttal argument because they have the burden of proof. Vincent Marinaccio: I agree that he’s (Louis is) a thief and a total crook, and a... Read More
