Ethics/Professional Responsibility,
Discipline,
Criminal
Jul. 19, 2022
Polanski’s Predicament
Even with the release of this transcript, a judge will likely still require Polanski to appear in person to allow for sentencing arguments to ensue. If Polanski decides to roll the dice and appear, this testimony will surely put him in a better position to ask the court for a time-served sentence.
Louis J. Shapiro
Email: LouisJShapiro@Gmail.com
Louis, a former Los Angeles County Public Defender, is a criminal defense attorney and State Bar-certified criminal law specialist out of Century City. He is also a legal analyst, board member of the California Innocence Project and Project For The Innocence at Loyola Law School, CACJ and LACBA'S Criminal Justice Executive Committee.
A lot of noise is being made about the recent unsealing of the prosecutor’s testimony in famed Director Roman Polanski’s matter. As to whether it will have any practical effect on Polanski’s case is another story.
In 1977, Polanski pled guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl in Jack Nicholson’s home. He allegedly gave her champagne and a sedative and forced her to have sex. At sentencing, Judge Lawrence Rittenband, now deceased, sent...
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