Law Practice
Sep. 23, 2008
Judge Rejects Adult Filmmaker's Double Jeopardy Motion
A federal judge denied an adult filmmaker’s motion to dismiss an obscenity indictment, ruling that then presiding Judge Alex Kozinski properly recused himself and declared a mistrial in the wake of revelations that lewd images were posted on his personal Web site.
By Ciaran McEvoy
Daily Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES - A federal judge denied an adult filmmaker's motion to dismiss an obscenity indictment, ruling that then presiding Judge Alex Kozinski properly recused himself and declared a mistrial in the wake of revelations that lewd images were posted on his personal Web site. In a nine-page order published Friday, U.S. District Judge George H. King ruled that the Fifth Amendment's double jeopardy claus...
Daily Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES - A federal judge denied an adult filmmaker's motion to dismiss an obscenity indictment, ruling that then presiding Judge Alex Kozinski properly recused himself and declared a mistrial in the wake of revelations that lewd images were posted on his personal Web site. In a nine-page order published Friday, U.S. District Judge George H. King ruled that the Fifth Amendment's double jeopardy claus...
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