It moves!
In January, after several years, the judge got around to explaining his reasons for dismissing one of the complaints against Fields. He also denied various motions to acquit, for a new trial etc.
Now the court is finally going through the restitution determination process.
Sorting these elements was a pre-condition for the appeals by prosecution and defence to proceed.
Meanwhile, Latorella's stretch finished in February, and it looks like Fields is in some kind of half-way house thing before his time finishes in August. IMO, disgraceful that this stuff wasn't handled in a timely fashion.
In his January ruling, the judge says that after due consideration, Fields' allegations of various types of badness against the prosecution were either irrelevant, de minimus or handled sufficiently at trial.
Previously he'd said he would consider whether the allegations were sufficient to warrant formal notification by him to the judge in O'Riordan's trial. After consideration:
I do not find the allegations sufficiently supported in evidence establishing a prima facie case of misconduct on which action by me may be based. Consequently, I decline to take further action than my
disposition of the defendant’s motions. In particular, I
decline to make a formal reference to Judge Wolf or any other
judicial officer or entity suggesting that there is a prima
facie case in the record before me of independently actionable
misconduct by Wild. This determination, of course, does not
foreclose the defendant or his counsel from further marshalling
a record and continuing to pursue the matter (as the record
suggests they previously have, see Doc. 427-1 at 2 (June 18,
2013 Letter to Attorney Pollack from Department of Justice))
before Judge Wolf or some other responsible person or entity.
Perhaps Fields will attempt to make more of these issues in the appeal, once it finally gets under way again.
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