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FOR TE AITIFF . . . . . . . . Chistoph alttStvns, EsCty Attoy
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FOR TE DEFEDAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zachay Coughnn op ona
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Richard Hill
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E CO: Good aoo ladis ad gl
AZLESEVES: Good oig You oo.
E COR M Coughli good oig.
COGLI Good oig You oo.
E COR: av a sa gl
AZLESEVES You oo o th cod I'll
us go ahad ad aouc his is Cit vsus Zach Coughli
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his cas pusua o ou las haig o his.
h Ci is ad o pocd o ial s chagd wih
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E COR: Oka ls s h h's o i o
busiss w d o attd o pio o satig h tial ad ha was o Ju
20 1 2 M. Coughli ld a oio ld actuall o h cod a
oic o Appaac as Cous a Moio o Disss a Moio o
Suppss a Moio o a Coiuac o a ad a Tas o h Cas o
Mal ah Cout
W ou svd a cop o tha M zlttSvs?
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AZLESEVES: I was ot You oo
E CR: M. Coughli i ou s a cop o that o
th Ci?
. CGLI: h You oo
E CR: You ca ha a sat You ot to sta.
hats alight thaks
R CGLI: I pac o i I wt to th Ci Attos
c th a ths k a tal op box. It ght ha ol b os though
E CR: ka wll lt o this. I goig to I
iw this tail a spt so ti last wk gog o it
Lt ass th bcaus w akig a co I wat to
sh up ths t o sh busss.
h otio to Cotiu Coughli is that a otio ou
stl sious o pusuig this oig?
. CGLI: Ys si.
E C: Alight
R CGLI: I woult i
E CR Alight I usta that. Lt ak a ltt
bt o th co h ts o th backgou o ths cas s wh I
akig a co. ob 1 0 . Coughli was ast b th
Ro olic Dpat a chag with o cout o tspassig.
ob 4 0 M Cough was aag a
pl ot guilt ial was th st o Dcb 0 1 1
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On ovmb 23 201 1 a otion to Continu was ld by
th Ci Attoy a ill motion is what Ill call it basd on an absnt
witnss bliv was M i not latd to th ill motion.
AZE-STEVES: hats th oiginal motion ysE COR: hat was not opposd by Dndants couns at
th tm And on ovmb 28 I ntd an od continuing th tial th
st tim
h tial was thn st o Januay 30 201 2 On Janua 3
2012 a otion to Continu was ld by M Punts you attoy at th
tim. h City Attoy did not objct.
On Januay 1 8 I wll pio to that bfo th uling on that
motion on Januay 8 M Punts d a otion to Withdaw as you
attoy
On Fbuay 2 2012 schduld a (inaudibl) haing on
th otion to Withdaw h motion was gantd and M oomis was
appointd
On Fbay 3 202 you d M Coughin a otion to
Vacat a otion fo Rconsidation fo Rcusal
On Fbuay 22 202 an Opposition to th otion was ld
by th City Attoy
ial thn at that point was ultimatly st fo Apil0
2012 On ach 5 2012, Coughlin you ld a motion actuay
captiond in th Distict Cout but it mad itslf it did mak itsf
appopiat to ou l
On ach 2 1 '" you d anoth otion h Cty ld a
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otion to ik your motion ba on no ric on th City Attoy
On January 20, 2012, ntr an orr, numbr on,
nying your motion that wa on Fbruary 13 , 2012 On arch 2 1 ,
2012, I ntr a con orr nying your Motion to Dimi that wal on arch 5 201
An thn on April l, 012 I upn th procing
ba on a compncy iu that ha bn rai in th Ditrict Court An
thn at that tim, atyour rut, M Loomi wa ri a your attoyOn April 6, 2012 in Ditrict Court, Jug Elliot oun you
comptnt to tan trial
On ay 9, 012, Jug Elliot ign an Orr ning you
comptnt an rman whatr ca wa pning in th Jutic Cour
back to th Jutic Court, an thn I rt tria or Jun 1 8, 20 1 2, toay'
at
On ay 01, Jug Srraza aign that ca in th
Jutic Court to th nta ath Court On ay 24, Jug Brn, h
Ditrict Court Jug, an th Jug rponib or th aminitration him
an Jug Blak, on oth two Jug nt th ca back to th Rno
Jutic Court
Thn on Jun 5 you l th motion wr taking about
now incluing th otion to ContinuSo thi ca ha bn now continu twic Th procing
ha bn upn onc, all in th norma cour an cop o buin
Motion l by th City, motion l by th Dnant
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When I cnduced e heang as me n May , we were
very cear ha absen geng hs maer reslved we were gng cnduc
he ra day - day n June 1\ a 900 a.m. se sme mans n
mns led by he pares. Thse mns were respeced and led melyere s a serce ssue ha we dn' need address day
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HAZLETTSTEVENS: I'm happy respnd whaever
mn bu I was n served wh .THE COURT: Fr he recrd Mr HazeSevens wha s he
Cy' psn n he Mn Cnnue
HAZLETTSTEVENS Judge he Cy ppses he Mn
Cnnue Ths case s geng prey d nw Were geng - 1 1 3 s
he fense dae and hnk s prper acuay pceed al day
Weve rese hs hng many many mes. Yure rgh n he
nrma curse f hngs here were apprpae reasns rese hs hng.
The C has s wnesses presen ready fr ral hs mng.
I hnk we shuld mve n and clse hs case up whaever way gesTHE COURT Okay and M. Cughln brey wuld yu lke
respnd he Cys ppsn yu Mn Cnnue And I d
mean be
COUGHLIN Yes Yur Hnr.THE CORT I've read all yur brefs I've read evehng
and Ive revewed he e a gea engh s jus need knw wha yu'd
lke say abu he Mn Cnnue
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COHLN: I dn knw f can (naudble e Sxh
Amendment rght t a speedy Yeah t wuld be nce t have a lttle mre
tme t prepare but f! can d that.
THE COURT: Okay well we've been gven a lt fme tprepare These cases need t be heard n a tmey fashn Agan the tme
delay has been n the nrmal busness f ths case The Mtn t Cntnue
s dened. We are gng t have the ral tday
That leaves us wth the secnd ssue rased yur Mn tDsmss Mr Cughn
Essentay as read the Mn the allegan prmarly s
that the Cmplan faled t esabsh prbable cause that there was a
wang gven and that based n that rght ha yu feel the case shuld be
dsmssed
Is ha substance crrect?
COUHLIN: Yur Hnr yu sad there was n wang
gven?
THE COURT: N 'm readng yur language frm yur egaargument ha says A) that page tw f yur Mtn t Dsmss tha the
Cmpant fals t establsh prbabe cause because t as aege that
there was sucent wang nt t reman n he prperty aer beng td
n t d s and/r that Cughn dd nt have a rght be here That's thebass fr the Mtn Dsmss?
M COUHLN: Yes
THE ORT: azletStevens?
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HAETTSTEENS: udge I dd nt receve a cpy
that Nnetheless, I w argue tday The Ciy ppses the Mtin t
Dismiss as yu mght imagine, and r this reasn, n March 2 1 2012 this
Curt entered an Order in regard t a prir Mtn t Dismiss the CrminaCmplaint previusly
This issue has already been heard and decded n by Yur
Hnr Yu actuay hit the issue head n n the March 1 2 202 March
2 1 202 Order.Yu w recal that the Ci wasn't served prperly with that
ne ether, and there was an issue I ppse I mve t stike the Mtin t
Dismiss in that case.
Yu sad ntwithstanding the serice issue yu wud reach
the ssue n ts mes, deny e n Dsmss n he ac he
sucency the Criminal Cmpaint.
We've already heard this ssue It's aready been decided n
and dn't think it's rght t havew btes at the same appe Judge
THE COT Alright M Cughlin yur respnse t that? Imean I've given yu a cupe reaks because ntwithstanding aegatins
hat the Cy Attey wasn't prperly sered, I st addressed the merts
the Mtin givng yu a brea in that regard and I'm ding the same thing
tday given the allegatin the Ci wasnt sered with this Mtn What syur respnse t Mr HazlettStevens' argument that the case shud nt be
dsmissed? Agai we can make ths brie because I've revewed in detail al
the peadings yu've ed n ths Cur bth ths mng and ast Friday s
g ahead
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COUGHLIN Yes, sr, Yur Hnr r HazletStevens s
recunng f yur Ode n esnse t my earler tn t Dsmss dffers
smewhat m my recllectn althu admttedly wshed 'd revewed
that Ode a ltle mre clearlyut t seems t me that yu perhas dd nt get t the merts
r that was nt - s t almst seems as thugh yu sad ms was
my attey and t's narprate fr me t unlaterally decde. m gng
t ant myself as ccunsel and then present a tn t DsmssS dn't knw f that s law f the case, r smethng n that
regard
d recall readng yur Order, and respectfully, 'll say ths
SI Just a ltle bt - had put sme tme nt that tn t Dsmss and
yur Order seemed t nd t smewhat frvlus
THE COURT S whenever enter an Order all the lawyers
knw Whenever enter smethng half the partes nvlved are n
dsagreement r are unhappy r dscntented wth my Order
S, mvng that asde - mvng that asde 've entered theOrders The bass f the tn - f my rder denyng the tn was that
lacked legal mert Thats a decsn made by the Cur whch s
bvusly - lve wth the fact that half the partes ae n dsageement every
tme make a lng. That's e crss bear yu have as a Judge 'vegtten used t that.
The tn t Dsmss n ths case s gng t be dened
because ths s an allegatn that ultmately ges t the ultmate ssue f fact
n ths case, and wll rse and fall n the rf f the Cty r the lack f the
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pooon e it hethe o not ee ws suient win in this se
whih s n eement of the tespss ae we' de with t ti
o the oton to Dismiss n s dened The otion to
uppess wht is t M ouhn tht oue desn to suppess? I edt and oudnt e ue tht out ddn't see an evidene tht ws
sezed e In eviewin ou motions woud ou ike to ddess the
otion to uppess bie?
OUGHLIN Yes si You Hono I beeve dependin upon
how one ooks t it this mht hve been Fouh Amendment viotion o
sezue ofpeson mbe in tht eithe nthin in the poie epo o
nthin I know H woudn't neessi be stte to invokin
one othese onstitution ones but to the extent hes somewht tin
n onet with the poie o he's the one sinin the imn ompint
I tent sti hs e it to be somewhee the andod
does not hve e iht to wk n and kik down doo and invite the
some poe oes
THE ORT Ok wht is it tht wee seekin to suppess?
Is t items of evidene tht ou'e uin tht ws ie obtned o ws
it sttements b ou tht wee obtined in voton ofou Fih
Amendment piviee u d issues? Beuse I'm not seein an
evdene in ths se tht we'e ookin to suppess OGHIN The ente poe epot. An knowede
om ben thee An testmon tht . H o n othe peipient
witnesses miht wsh to pe
THE OURT Ok tht motion s oin to be -
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HAZLTTTEVEN Jud would lik to put on th
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THE OT: Go ahad
HAZLETTTEVN m objction bcaus d lik tomak an o of poof fo th objction cas of appal
Ill dawYou Hono'satntiontothState /Nevadav. Bill
col ts a 990 cas ts Nv 5 wh th out said A
pson who is victd fom a popt no lon has an xpctation ofpivac." Th is no outh Amndmnt iht anmo whn somon
nts a popt a viction
It sas "ThStatcontnds thathsachspondntno
lon had a asonabl xpctation of pivac in th sidnc addss"
Th tat maintains that spondnts subsqun nt was a spass
Its v simila to this cas You Hono and did nothin to sto th
asonabl xpctation of pivac. Th out said w a
Th is no xpctation ofpivac I hadl vn think h has
standin to bin th issu tainl th is no Fouth Amndmnt
violation h You Hono
THE OT: Im not sin an vidnc and indd und
UnitedStates v Cr th is no a suppssion of a ciminal dfndant in
a cimina caso th otion to uppss is dnid
Th tansf to ntal Hath out ouhlin do ou
want to addss that? I think wv alad on down th oad - ouv
alad bn down th oad with th ntal Halth out and th Justic
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or. Is h somethin h we shold disss od bese ove rised
i or pretrl moion?
. OUGIN Perhps Yor Honor Ive emped o ess
jstie in h rerd with respe o wh hppened in entl Helh or
sseni o know o hve wo pies nd o hve n offer nd
eptne nd he ome to n eemen on erms nd he ener
on nd hen one of them ler deides to nilerll hne he
on s hs de proess probem o some sor o onr lwTHE OT Ok how does th rele o he enl Heh
ort? Heres where Im oin with his
We lon the st herinwe disssedhe isse of
nsfer to enl Helth ort whih notwithsndin he i Attoes
posiion h ime Im no ler wh i ws timel we deided h
ws deision h old be mde b the or nd I ws wiin o
enerin lookin ino ht.
I hvehedisretiono trnsfersesoenlHethort
rnsfer oriinl jridiion with he permission of the Disi or de
Herin nohin p ni od nd moreover ndin ht in he Disri
or se nmber M003 de Breen on 4 rnsfeed he
sie or se involvin Jde ferr nd orelf bk o the Jstie
ort it wod not pper o be in he ineres of nbod this poin inime o del he proeedins her b trnfein the se o he enl
Helth or.
Yove hd ht oppornit o e over there one I wod
hve been ver inined o rnsfer his se o he entl Helh or if
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yo wol have been accepte in oing well over there bt that in't
happen So, the Motion to ransfer to Menal Health Cort is a maer of
iscretion for this Cor, an it's going to be enie.
inally, alhogh the
CGHLN Yor Honor, qickly
CR Go ahea
M COUGHLN: f!colst interject. t is my nerstaning
for the recor, that was accepte into that proam an then ey change
the tes of it an ecie
CR Yeah, I ont know exactly what happene, Mr.
Coghlin appreciate that. I'm reaing from Jge Breen's rer that
"he Defenant be remove om the Menta Health roam an that yo
be rete to the Reno Jstice Cor for al tre proceeings
So, whatever happene over there, which m not privy to an
which on't think reay is reate or relevant to this case, were going to
not elay these proceeings by sening the case over there
Finally,that eavestheisseofrecsa Yohave whilenot
raise in the caption ofthe peaing it is ientie in the pleaings yo
raise, on page two, we've aresse this isse before in etail .
've enie that Motion to Recse here's nothing raise that
even (inaible) prevents me from hearing this case an being a fair,etache observer to the facts oflaw so that will be enie.
CUGHLN Yor Honor, if! col qickly enter an objection
for the recor on that
CR Go ahea
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CUGHLIN: And st o peface ta by saying eveybody
Ive talked to as indicated yoe an osanding Jdge Yo Hono and
completely fai so tas deniely given me a lot of condence in e Co
in tat egad
Bt I do beieve ee migt be I dont know if is a dicial
(inadible o someting tat says wee a Jdge as liigants befoe im
wo ave a case involving a family membe of te Jdge in some ote
spee I don know if tats a mandato ecsal b I did le a mandaoyabeas acion against yo sise e Honoable Jdge Linda Gadne in
Family Cot in 009 I was ed fom my ob as a domestic violence
atoey om Wasoe Lega Sevices and I was tod was ed becase of
e becase of te condct by me tat esled in e ode only Its e
only eason I was ed accoding to Wasoe Lega Sevces
did le a Mandams Peiion I was pey mc a tee
dge pane and te Speme Cot fet wasnt woy of I gess moe
eview o eqiing a esponse
And ten now ee is a ievance wi e State Ba I call it
no to be p bt I cal kind of te immolate concepion gievance
becase nobody can ell me wo ed i o ow it became a gievance
Bt ta ode fom 009 sanctioned me eqiing me to pay
$\000 attoeys fees NRS (inadible 0 In te contex of my being a
domestic violence legal aid attoey advocating on bealf of my client a
bateed woman ing o get e aimony incident o a 0yea maiage
wit to kids weein I was odeed to pay $000 ot of my pocket tats
now a ievance
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t's upon nfoaton an belef t became a evance wth the
State Bar because your sster Juge Lna Garner gave the orer to you
whereupon beleve you ncate you gave t to Juge Nash Homes
whereupon Juge Nash Holmes gave t to bar counse aong wth a number
of other materas that have not been prvy to ether n my attempts to
secure them from the lng oce here at the Mun Cour or from bar
counsel M Pack Knney
I've mae numerous attempts to get these recorngs an these
eent materals So just to enter at or the recor Your Honor
HE CR: Alrght thank you M. Coughln An let me
just tell you ths hat case goes back to the Famly Court I have no real
knowege except have rea the rer Its unreate an relevant to ths
case have not realy scusse the merts o ths case wth my sster who s
a Juge n the amly Cour
here wou be no reason to scuss that case an even fthat
woul have happene we have not theres reay no nexus beween her
beng a Juge an havng hear a case where youre an atoey on an my
beng a uge some three years later on a case where you are a Defenant n
So the Moton to Recuse s ene An I thnk that entes
the ssues rase n your Moton le une 5 01. It ooks lke now were
reay to go to tral s that correct counsel?
HAZLE SEVENS he Cty s reay Your Honor
HE CR: Alrght lets go ahea an call your rst
wtness M HazlettStevens
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HAZLESEVENS: he City cas Richar Hill to the
stan.
CUGHLN An Yor Honor on't know if 'm sppose
to inteect this now or not bt believe i sbpoena some witnesseswho appear (inaibe
HE CUR Right an we'll aress that at the appropriate
time ltimately Coghin s a lawyer Yo know we take these M
Hill goo moing
HLL Goo moing sir.
HE CUR We take these maers step by step by step.
here's no oher way to o it so we' aress all legal isses as they show
p in the e corse an prsant to protocol at trial
So et's swear in M Hi.
(Witness y swo
HE CR Have a seat Hi Mr Hazle-Stevens go
ahea
HAZLESEVENS hank yo Yor Honor
calle as a witness having been ly swo
testie as follows
DREC EXAMNA NBY MR HAZLE-SEVENS
Q Goo moing can yo plee state yor name an
spel yor last for the recor?
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HE CR: Yo know Hazlett-Stevens an Mr let
me make one last comment for the recor
HAZLESEVENS: lease
HE CR know ha Mr Coghlin s an aoey
Noneheess hes represenng hmse
Coghin et me tell yo what know abot this case to
ae I am lookng a a Crmnal Compaint hat alleges that on Novembe
1 3
,20 1 1 in the Ci ofReno, at 1 2 1 River Rock Street, heDefenant was
fon on the property aer beng evicte on November 1s 2011
he only other nformaton know abot the case s that the
whaeve was raise n the pleangs e both by yo an Hazle-
Stevens
So wh that n mn go ea Hazlett-Stevens
MR HAZLE-SEVENS hank yo
BY HAZLE-SEVENS:
Q hank yo Can yo please state yor name an spell
yor las for he recor?
A Rchar H HIL-L
Q Goo H Im going to ask yo
MR CGHLN m so on mean o nerrpt yo M
HazleStevens f! co s qckly nterect Yor Honor given whatyo st sa to any extent m reqire o broach he topc of any
iscssons yove ha wth Jge Nash Holmes wh respect to these
maters or
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HE COR: can tell yo that Jge Nash Holmes an I have
not scsse ths case wth anyboy, we have not. here has been no
scssons between me an the Jge abot yor case, the trespassng set
for toay
COGHLN Or any other maers relate to Rchar Hll?
COR: Or any other maers Weve neve scsse
any matters relate to Rchar Hll at all
COGHLN Okay, an when yo sa yo an yor sster hanever scsse anythng abot me?
HE COR: Not relate to ths case
. COGHLN believe earler yo st sai yo never
scsse anythng abot me at all
HLE-SEVENS: Jge, yove alreay re on
ths. m gong to ask that yo
HE COR We have rle Let me tell yo let me tell yo
what ve scsse We have scsse have not iscsse wh Jge
Nash Holmes an I a avise that base on some steps shes taken, theres
been a mater referre to the State Bar whch s ner not I'm aware
that yo have been sspene by the State Bar, an that thats sbect to
rther revew
o the extent that Jge Holmes has ha a case n herepartment as has Jge Howar an has mysef, we have ha scssons
general scssions relate to the State Bar matter
As reate to my conversatons wth eher my sster whch
have been very limite relate to yo an ceranly none relate to yor
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case except y had a cae ver here ve had n discssins with Jdge
Hward Jdge Hlmes Mr. Hill Mr. Hazlett-Stevens r my sister
regarding this trespassing case. And that's by desi that was carelly
thght t s there' s been n discssins.
CGH And wth he State Ba knw eaer
HE C: have had n cnversatins with the State Bar
CGHLN: kay at r ast hearing thgh y made a
statement believe the discipinary r the Bar wi be meeting next week t
me a
HE CR: was advised by Jdge Hlmes that the prcess
invlving y and the State Bar was in the prcess where they were ging t
make a decisin which ltimately apparently they did. hse were the
sbstances f thse cnversatins bt nne were related t this case and
can te y that nne have had any cnversatins regarding the witnesses in
this case that have never cme p between any f the cnsel . m nt sre
they even knw wh the witnesses were qite ankly.
CGHL kay. CR: kay thank y.
CUGH hank y Yr Hnr.
HE CR kay e's g ahea and prceed.
BY LE-SEVENS:Q Thanky. Hillmgingt ask y tmakesre
y speak p and nt trail fyr answers at the end his is being
recrded s fr appellate ppses any ther pse 'd like t get a
gd recrding f this.
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Hill what yr ccati r rfei?
A I am a attey ractic Re evada.
i Re?
Q Okay ad what yr area f fc a a atey here
A Real eae cc ue la
add/teat elder aw.
Q Okay a a attey hw l have ee lceed y
theway t ractce law here
evada?
A year
Q A a attey did y have ay relat t the addre
f iver Rck Street that Re evada 0?
A Ye r
Q Hw dd y et aciated with that lace?
A I At f at year I wa ctacted y Dr atthew
erli I eleve he i a reidet f Chc Calfa.
He exaed t me that he had a teat wth whm he wa
havi me dcltie ad hed had eh ad he wated t evict
hm
Q Ad dd y eter t a areemet i rder t
eecae ha?
A Ye we did.Q Ad dd art f that areemet etail y itiat
evcti rceed aat the ccier f Rver Rck Street?
A Ye t dd
Q I Rver Rck the Cy Re?
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A Ye ir it i
Q Ad d we kw wh wa livi at 1 1 River Rck at
the ime y tarted the evicti rceed?
A Well Dr erli ideied the idividal a .
Chli ad irmed me that he wa a layer.
Q Okay.
A Ad tha there had bee qite a bit backi ad frh
i back ad frh betwee them ad hed had ehQ Ad wa ar f the bai fr tha evcti failre t ay
ret?
A I wa ifrmed that M Ch had t aid ret at
tha t fr me r 5 mth
Q Okay.
A Ad that here were rblem a he he. There had
bee me damae berved ad tha . Chli wa a harder ad a
we ater crmed he ile f car tre dead tere eqime
dead TV tide
Ad the tha what we iadible)
Q w y eered t a atey/cliet relath
wth r erli r abt A f0 1 1 i tha crrec?
A Ye ir.Q Ad dd y acally iitate the evici rceedi
r did y have mee ee i yr ce d that?
A aied that t my aciae aker
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Q Okay ad wld he hae the athry he t iitiate
eicti rceed aait the ccier f ier ck?
A Autey
. HALETSEVES de that the ly qe Ihae f Hill at th tme uject t ecall f ce
THE COUT Alriht r. Cuhli cexamiati?
COUG Ye ir Yur Hr.
CROSSXAMNAON
BY MR COUGHLN:
Q Gd m r Hill. S yr cliet hw may
fee hw mch i fee what amt f fee de he actally icur?
HALETTSTEVES Oject that exceed the ce
f cr r direct ad it ieleat.
THE COU What releace wld . Hill fee
arraemet wth hi cet hae t Hill diect tetmy tday
Cuhli at i the exu here that make it reeat?
M. COUGHLIN: Ibelieveit may tamtiveaalyi wherei
if a exritat amt f fee ha ee r u r icurred eed t e
eeted a
THE COUT at mt i r. HalettStee jecti
taied. dt md ay releace t Hill acial arraemet
wth hi clet t thi eai cae I cat maie hw that cld e
eleat
S e me Im i t tai the jecti.
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M COUGHLN Okay, sir, believe on direc attoey's fees
were brough up and an arrangemen was
THE COURT: I you can ask if here was a relaionship tha
involved Mr Hll getting paid, bu Im no going o allow don ink srelevan for Mr Hill o go ino any deails abou specic dollar amouns, and
I'm no going o allow ha type of quesioning
Go ahead wih a new quesion
M COUGHLIN Yes, sir, Your HonorBY MR COUGI:
Q Mr. Hill,youjusesifed thahis clien, Dr Merliss,
conaced you in Augus?
A Tha's wha I esied, sir.
Q 0f11. Okay, and you esied ha a tha ime, i
was your undersanding tha he enan had failed o pay ren for some 4 or 5
months?
A Tha is wha I esied o. I'm no exacly posiive as I
si here oday how long a peiod ofime ren had no been paid, bu was
subsanial.
Q So, if you're no exacly posiive, why did you give ha
gure of 4 or 5 monhs in your earlier esimony?
A My bes ecolecion oday, sir.Q Okay, so if i was if in Augus, you say ren hadn'
been paid for, le's say 5 monhs, ha would be Augus, July, June, May,
April Would ha be your undersanding of wha ve monhs less Augus
would be?
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A I hnk your mah coec, r.
Q Okay, and wha are you baing ha on?
A Mah? Of wha you
Q No, I mean, did your clien call you up and ay, Well,
he han pad ren n ve monh, or He han' pad en nce Aprl," or
doe ha ju ound ike omehing ha would make me ound like a bad
peron (naudible).
M
HAZLESEVENS: Objecion, argumenaiveObecon argumenaive
HE COR: I hink he ueion ha can be aked and hink
you - frame i, you ak H, and hen you begn o go on wih a
compound ueon wheher - wha informaion did he bae hi eimony
oday ha ren wan pad, wha wa he ource of ha informaion And I
hink ha ueion if you wan o ak i, i allowable, bu we ge ino a
compound ueion and agumenave ueion, which Im no going o
aow.
So, I aow you o ak ha ueion and drec M Hill o
anwer ha ueion o he exen you wan o ak ha ueon o go ahead
M COUGIN Ye, ir, Your Honor
BY COGN
Q Hill, if you would pleae do ha, I gue, omp he compound ueon
Wha aemen or informaion lead you o believe ha ren
hadn been paid for ve monh a of Augu?
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A Frt f all my cverat wth my clet were
prvleged wll te yu that there were dcu t the eect that ret
had t bee pad, ad we were prvded wth may may emal trg
betwee yu ad Dr erl that clearly demtrated that ret had t bee
pad, ad that yu were maufacturg rea t ut t payg ret
Q S, ddt hear where dd 4 r 5 mth cme frm,
that gure? Why t e r tw mth?
HAZLETTSTEVENS Judge, he already teted thatthat prtected by the attey/clet prvlege
COGHLN Ad beleve t wa waved t the extet he
utlzed ad leveraged t earler
THE CORT Well, why dt yu refra yur uet ad
reak the uet, r Cughl? G ahead
R COGHLN: 'm t ure udertad the gt f-
CORT Well, m gg t uta the bject why
dt yu rephrae the uet ad ak aga, and wel addre the
awer ad the repe (naudble), g ead
BY COGHLN
Q Okay, why dd yu ay 4 r 5 mth earer?
A A tld yu, r, that my bet recllect tday?
QBaed what?
A Baed my bet recllect . Cughl
Q Ad wuld that - peccally, what de that
recect clude? methg yu heard the phe? Wa t
wrtg? Smethg
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A I onien wi he o h youve od
ubequenly bou young ldy king off wih uppoedly king off
wih ren money
Q Oky bu erlier you weren lking bou wh I old
you You were lking bou wh your lien old you nd how i w
prvleged exep for e exen o whih you (inudible nd leverged i by
ying 4 or monh
So, now youre bing your reolleion upon omehing?
Youre ying I od her - i i wh you id erlier bou how i w bou
wh our lien old you?
A Mr. Coughlin ll I n do i give you my be
reolleion Th reolleion h been reinfored by hing h you hve
id nd done ubeuenly
Q Oky bu erlier you eied your reolleion
emmed om wh your lien hd old you. Cn you ell me wh your
lien old you?
A I hink you
Q Wh you remember bou h
A Im orry ir. I hink your emen i inorre
Q Well i my undernding h erlier you eied
h bed upon your reolleion ren hd no been pid for 4 or monh
nd h hoe reolleion were bed upon your onverion wih your
lien.
THE COT: beieve h wh M. Hi h eied o nd
I hink we n ep h f o le move on
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BY . COUGHLN
Q Okay, so now m asking you specicaly, was his
somethg you cient wote you? Did he give a 4 o month gue? Did
he talk to you about this? Did he mention Apil?
hy say 4 o 5 monhs hy wasn' o monhs How
did you come up with that gue?
HAZLETTSTEVENS Judge, hes aleady testied hat 's
his best ecollection as to what he discussed with his clientThats the issue
hat's aleady been submitted as fact Judge
THE COURT Im going to oveule the obection. Hill, to
the etent possible why don t you answe the question. hat was the basis
that the 4 to months came into play wihout compomising you
attoey/client elationships? Just give me you best answe to that.
HLL y best ecoection is between what the cient
told me, and the email stings that he foaded to me that it had been Api
o ay was the last time that any ent had been paid.
And sce that time thee was lots o obtuse scathing as to
why he ent shouldnt be paid
HE COUR Okay,hank you, Hill Okay M Coulin
BY COUGHLN
Q So ealie you testimony was that it had been 4 o months since any ent had been paid?
A I beieve that 's what I said, si.
Q Oka, b if - now you jus said i was eiher Apri o
ay was the ast time
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A t time me.
Q ny ent d een pid So, if pti en d een
pid in My, u you eie temen w t ince ny", ten tt would
ke it down to moe like two mon, woudnt it?
HAZESEVENS Judge, I'm going to oect to ti
i i etying ce ' ledy een tied
i i imple mtte of tep. Al e eied o w i
et ecollection to ow muc, o te i fo te eviction. He dutoity t tt poin t' ll t w fo. It' no te tt of e mtte
eted, te tep, nd Id ike o move on, o uetioning, Judge
HE COUR Couglin?
COUGHI YourHonor, I'mnot offeringitforthe ruhof
e mtte eed I goe to i cediility nd Hill - wt I eieve e
elied pctice of pining ting, like pep good toey ould,
ut pining tem nonetele.
HE COUR I'm going to utin te ojection e Cou
eceived infomtion, elevn infomion, tt Hi
gueimted nd given i et eime tht ent d not een pid fo 4 o
5 month, nd it d come fom infomtion povided y i client fom you,
nd we cn move on o te nex uetion Go ed.
BY
COUGHINQ Okay, andyousaidhaanyrent hadbeen paidbefore?
HAZESEVENS: Judge, oection. He' edy
etied to i, d ti i the me line of ueioning.
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THE COURT: Im no sue is eally elevan. If you wan o
ask a quesion o follow up on ha M Coughlin, go ahead Make you
quesion specc and dec M Hill do you bes o answe ha quesion
Go ahead M Coughn
BY COGIN
Q M Hill do you have any ecollecion of whehe, say,
a paial en had been paid fo May?
A M Coughin, i eay didn mae Ren was moean a doa and moe han a day lae.
COGHLIN: Obecon You Hono
THE COURT You've asked he quesn Youve asked he
queson, and you ae now gong o be suck wih he answe. Go ahead, M.
H.
THE TNE Coulin i didn mae The en was
moe han a dolla, and moe han a day lae Tha s sucien unde
Nevada law o move o emnae he enancy
In addiion, you wee a monhomonh enan a ha poin in
ime
. COGHLN Obecon You Hono Hes oeing a ega
opnon whch I don believe hes qualied o make no have I asked him
o make iT COURT: You asked he quesion I hea he quesion Im
no sue whehe o no you wee a monhomonh enan Thees eally, if
any, legal merit to hetrespassingcase.
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I wnt o sty focsed, M Coghin, wih some qestions th
yoe qesioning o cossexminion oviosy cn e diecy eted
o he infomtion nd I give winesses nd he lwyes nd the liignts
et del ofleewy on cossexmintion
Le's keep it elevt and focsed on wht wee tking ot
hee, so go hed
MR COUGHLIN Oky, yes, si, Yo Hono
BY COUGHLIN
Q Yo sid in yo testimony on diec, M Hill, tht he
cient hd told yo tht he tennt ws hode in Agst when he hied
yo?
A I elieve tht topic ws discssed
Q Cn yo povide some moe ckgond on tht?
When tht might hve een discssed nd some specics detiling why h
dignosis ws poeed?
A M Coghin Ive ledy told yo I've ledy
nsweed he qestion
COGHLIN Oecion, Yo Hono. Nonesponsive
TH COURT . Hill, Coghlin hs sked yo qestion.
Im going o diec yo - he's sked the qestion Its fi qestion on
cossexm on wht infomion yove eceived to he conclsion th he
ws hode (indile) nswe tht qestion.
TH WITNSS: The infomtion povided to me t tht time ws
tht M Coghin ws hode
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subsequently conrmed that with visual obseration ae he
was evicted. The backyard the size of the area that your staff and ae
occupying (inaudbe boh talkng
COUGHL: Your Honor obection. onresponsive
aked you what his cient told him at that time not what he found out later
on.
THE COT: He's now - Coughlin he's now - youve
asked the question. ve asked
Hill to answe it now hes answered it
So go ahead Hill.
THE WTESS t was a six foot fence.
COUG: He's not answering it Your Honor.
THE COURT : Coughlin 've asked h to answer the
question. Let him nish You asked the question.
COUGH Yes si
T COURT: Thank you. Go ahead M. Hill.
THE WTESS: There is a six foot fence aound the backyard
the size that ve aleady indicated to the Cour.
was ll to the top of the fence with tires ca pats dead
steeo equipment dead speakers dead big screen TVs
COUGHL Obection Your Honor asked about August
THE WTESS: Trash.THE COURT M. Coughlin youve asked the question he's
answering i. That s he exact quesion you asked is what infomation he
had to come to the conclusion that you were a hoarder which m not sure
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how reevant it i to thi cae to a with, bu go ahead and nih that
um it up.
WESS hat compete my anwe.
HE COUR Okay, here an anwer to the uetion.
M COUGHLN aee, Your Honor. dont think it all that
reevan, bu that what Richard Hill doe. He throw up a bunch of
innuendo -
M HAZESEVENS Judge, objecion. f it not
relevant, et move off hat line ofueioning.
HE COUR Coughln, let ay focued You aked a
ueion. He anwered it . et move on to our net uetion
M COUGN He talk about nding crack pipe and -
M HAZLESEVENS Objecton, objecton
(naudible all talking at once)
HE COUR Mr. Coughlin let ay focued. Ak him the
net ueion. Go ahead and ak the ne ueion.
BY M COUGHN
Q So, becaue - wha did in Augut, Mr Hi, now try,
y to keep your anwer ailored to what m aking you, Hill. leae
dont try o go off on one of you tangent.
HE COUR Mr. Coughlin let me tell you omehing ight
now. m giving you a great deal of leeway. dont wan you engaging wih
the witnee in any type of converation any more han 'm allowing
HalettSteven.
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You hav a righ o ask qusions on crossxaminaion. Go
ad and ask hos qusions o h n hy ar rlvan, I mak
rlings bu s ask him a qusion now don wan you ngaging wih
any winss in any yp of qusioning, any yp of argumnaiv diaib.
So go ahad
COUGHIN Ys, sir, Your Honor
BY R COUGHIN
Q Mr. Hi, if somon had orschs, would hy b
aorsch hoardr
HAZESEVENS Judg objcion. hr is no basis
for ha qusion s irrlvan o his procding, and is spculaiv
COUR Thatobjectionis sustained. It's irrelevant
R COUGHIN don - h subjc of hoarding go inroducd
somhow on dirc
COUR Is irrlvan Mr Hi was askd a qusion
Youv propry answrd bu his basis was o com o ha conclusion, and
now I hink a qusion rgarding somons auomobils and hoading is
irrvan o wha wr alking abou oday, so go ahad and mov on
COUGHN Ys, sir, Your Honor
BY R COUGHN:
QSo
spcically hough, jus as of Augus, as yousid arlir, wha had your clin or anyon old you ha lad you o
bliv, as you sid undr oah arlir, ha as of Augus you had
discussions abou a possibl hoarding diagnosis
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M COUGHN We had 4 or 5 monhs We had hoarding We
had all his prejudicial inormaion and no ha seek o reb i and sho
His pracice and ha he does is irreevan
COURT Okay, nex uesion Mr Coughlin
BY M COUGHN:
Q . Hill are you biing your cien or being here
oday?
M HAZETTSTEVENS: Judge objecion. s irreevan.THE COURT Mr Coughlin ho is ha relevan Ho is i
relevan o he respassing case hich is he nexus?
M COUGN seems inimaely inerined.
T COURT Okay, go ahead and anser he uesion
Hi.
THE WESS No.
THE COURT Thank you heres he anser
THE WESS no charging Dr. Meriss or my ime here
oday.
THE COURT Thank you okay.
M COUGHLN Yes sir Your Honor.
BY M COUGHLN
Q Did you ever have any conversaion ih your clienabou heher his as a commercial enan ha he as seeking o evic?
A don reca ha conversaion.
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Q Are ou re of hether or not there is n express
prohiition ginst using (inudile eviction proceedings ginst
commercil tennts here the nonpyment o rent is not lleged or noticed
M HAZLETTSTEVENS Judge, m going to oject s tht
clls for legl conclusion for this iess
THE COURT: Well, I dont knowhowit'srelevnt is wht Im
- I understnd ht youre sying, HlettStevens
o is the issue of hether someone is commercil client,or commercil tennt rther, relevnt to this cse, Coughlin
MR. COUGHLN Well, Your Honor, hink its possile tht even
ifthe Cit ere le to estlish tht the eviction order s ppropritely
seved, hich do not elieve they ill e le to do, tht nonetheless, tht
Order ll e void nd tht Judge Serz dd not hve juisdictionl
bss or rendering it nd tht ere is n expess pohiition ginst using
(inudile) eviction proceedings to evict commercil tennts.
Where, s here, in the nonpyment o rent, s not lleged
Despite ht ill might e sing here, hen it cme time to put it onpper nd fce Rule , nd put it to the Cour, Mr. Hill nd Bker
ddn't nt to do tht. he ust sid no -
THE COURT Oky, ou re losing me hen you egin to
rmle on, Coughlin.Specicll, my question s ho is the question s to
hether or not you re commercil tennt relevnt And the more ou
on, he more get - 'm ot n expet n ndod nd tennt, nd
egin to get detched om the issue here.
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M. COUGHLIN: I undestand Your Honor Thats whats so
nteresting about ths case, You Hono.
THE COURT just want ou to tell me how its relevant.
M COUGHLN: I am Your HonoHE CT . Coughn, us w you o e me how s
reevant.
M COUGHLIN: wil. This is a civ evcton that meets criminal
espass nexus hee. ts elevant n that if the civ evicton order lacks abass, a juisdctona basis for it to be odeed, it s what, unde (b, void.
Therefore to the extent the Cty s trying to say a waing dd exst n that a
notce was posted or it was personally served f its void, thats a legal
mpossibility.
THE COURT: Okay, m gong to aow ou to ask a couple of
questions about you status as a commecial tenant or a residential tenant
(inaudible) om Hill, and r. Hi do ou be o aswe hose
uestions
m trying to give Coughlin a great deal of leewa hee oncossexamination, in the spirit of getting all the evdence for the Cour.
So go ahead, r Coughlin
BY M. CUHN
Q You said you spoke wthyour client n August and wereaware that the tenant was an atoe?
A Yes.
Q Did you have any discussion as to whethe o not the
ease aowed fo the tenant to be pactcng law at that ocaton?
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THE CORT Oka, thak ou, . H Cough, ext
questio
R COUGHIN Yes, sir, Your Hoo I appecate the pot of
expertise o askg eadig questios o cross That was soethig I was
ot itedig to do.
BY M COUGHLIN
Q Hi, ou just testied that i August our ciet
ad ou had a discussio as to whether or ot the ease aowed fo acoerca use, is that corect?
A Coughi I eca exag the docuet aost
edate Whethe I had a dscussio or ot with ciet or ot, I
dot eca.
Q I thought ou ust testied that ou did, ad ou two
just taked about how I did't hae a busiess icese Was that ot true?
A No si. No, sr What said was that he foed e
that ou were a atoe At a subsequet tie, we cotacted the Cit ad
ascetaied that ou did ot hae a busess icese.
Q Oka whe ou eteed the propert i Noeber
M HAZLETT-STEVENS Judge, that questo exceeds the
scope of direct exaiatio There is o eidece that he eteed a
propert i Noeber. hat was just ot part of direct at this poit COUR Aight . Coughi Hi, i soe
substace, has tested that he was cotacted b a ciet to coece
eictio proceedigs where ou wee a residet based o a issue that
priar coceed ack of et, ad he bega to futher up o that
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aoecie eaiohp by iiuig ecio poceedg ad he
aged he mae o Bake hi oce
Tha e ee ofhi coeamiaio of hi dec
eamiaio ahe ad yo co-eamaio hold be limied o he
iformaio raed o dec So m goig o ua Hazlet-See
obeco
T o keep yo iquiy imied o qie fakly he ey
amo of mied ifomaio poided b . Hill hi moig.M. CGHN Ye i You Hoo. ll y o wap hi up
gie a dicae a keep i o wha wa bough p o diec.
BY R. CGHLN:
Q Hill yo aid you commeced a eicio
poceedig o ou had o aocae . Bake do o Wha ype of
eco wa pued?
A iially ou wee eed wih a day faile o pay
e eco oice Ad beee o wee alo mulaeouly eed
wih a -day oice o qui.
Q Wa ha ubeqely wha wa pued?
A do dead ou queio
Q Well ou eied ha a ary eicio ode wa
ubeqely proced b yo oce.A Ye.
R HLETT-STEVENS do go ahead.
THE CRT: y udead i he qeio aked wha
poceedig did he commece ad he commeced a -day faue o pay
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ad believe M. Hill (iaudible) cotemporaeously a -day otce to
quit s tat correct
THE WTESS Tat s correct, sir
BY M COGHQ Ddyour ofce evetually covert tatto ao cause
otce
A Yes tat deciso was made.
Q WyA Because of your atcs We determied tat we were
goig to probably do better ad circumvet a ot of your fabrcated
argumets by goig dow te o cause evictio pat rater ta agglig
wt you over a te ittle petty issues you were rasg ad fabricatig.
Q We you say pet issues are you referrg to avg
te debility issues otces, otice to cure, ad 4-day otices, ad
(audible) statutes
A Wat you call avig debiity issues sr, wic Justce
Sferrazza ultimatey determed dd ot exst ad you did ot prove.
Q So your oce coverted t to a o cause smary
etio otce
A ore precisey, sir, te decisio was made to forego te
ret evictio ad simply do a -day o cause
Q Okay ad if subsequety te teat was cosdered a
commercal teat would tat ot be tatamout to sort of a wrog sde
legal surge
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A We, dot qute udetad your etapho, But
the fact ofthe atte t wa a edece The fact that you wee egay
coductg a bue thee a de ue ube oe
Nube two, you ddt ae t the Jutce ourt
Q You ay t wa a edece t oed for jut
edeta ue?
A dot hae ay dea,
Q We, why dd you ay t wa a edece f you do'thae oethg to bae that upo?
A That what the eae ad ad thee wa o aw
bue beg coducted
Q The eae ad dd the eae ay a coeca ue wa
acceptabe?
A I dot kow, ough
Q We how ca you tet to what the eae ad fyou
dot eca?
A I gg you y bet ecoecto, ough.
Q Okay ow whethe o ot the eae you ad the t
thg you dd wa you ead that eae
A That ot what I ad
Q We dd you ay oethg ubtatay ar to thateae whe you wee tetg?
A I ad aot certay ooked at the docuet aot
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Q ka so ou aer our oce has billed 0 grand
ou aren' sure wheher or no he lease said somehing abou being
comercial use acceable?
M HLETTSTEVENS: Judge hes asked and answered
ha quesion alread. Theres no eidence as o he 0 grand (inaudible).
THE CURT: Yeah ha's assuming a fac no in eidence
m going o susain he objecion
BY M
CUGHLN:Q Did our oce bill aoximael $0000 o
(inaudible)?
M HLETTSTEVENS: bjecion releance
CURT: Susained s irrelean Coughin Ie
addressed ha issue . Hill's nancial arrangemen wih his clien is
irrelean o his resassing case
'm reall no legall ineresed in he amoun of mone he
billed nor receied. hink i's irrelean.
M CUGHLIN: 'm no offering o roe he ruh of he maer
asseed in wha he billed I'm offering i
THE CUR: m elling ou i's irrelean Thas a
hearsa issue wheher i's been oered o roe he ruh and quie frankl
m makng a judicial deerminaion ha his relaionshi wih his clienrelaed o nances is irelean o his resassing case.
So,I'm goingto not allowanyquestions relatedto thatlineof
inquir So le's moe on o our nex quesion
M CUGN Yes sir
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BY N
Q Was e ssue of weter or not te lease allowed for a
commerca use a ver mortant ssue n tat summar evcton roceedng
om wc s crmna resass (naudble)?
A Are ou askng was tat an morant consderaton n
m beng able to underake e assgnmen? e answer s no
As to wat exact ou dd or sad naudbe bot takng
Q No, Im askng ou f t was morant as to weter ornot t was ermssble to ursue a suar evcton roceedng f ts a
commerca tenant were ou are onl aegng non-ament of rent.
HE OU Ifyoucananswertat, MHillgoaead.
HE WINESS: I ddn ear t, and Im no sure tat I can
understand t But f oud lke o t agan, -
HE O Goaeadandrerase equeston,Mr.
ougln Seak loudl and clearl and Hll wll do s best o answer
ta ueston
BY OUGHLIN
Q Was t an mortant consderaton to our oce n te
course of reresenng Dr erlss weter or not te lease agreement
aowed for use of te remses for a commerca use?
A NoQ You are testng tat our oces reresentaton of
Dr erlss dd not nclude a carel consderaton of weter or not e
lease allowed for a commerca use of e remses?
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HLETT-TEVEN Ae an anwere uge. He
ai no
THE WTNE That want the quetion The quetion wa
whether
THE COURT: got three thing going on here, an were
maing an oa eor o let tr to eep it ivi to the extent were able to
Haet-teven ha raie an objetion to the quetion.
Coughlin, o ou want to repon to that?R COUGHLN: Ye, ir Haleteven ai it wa ae
an anwere, beieve?
R. HAZLETT-TEVEN Ye, thee wa an objetion ae
an anwere aer he ai no to the previou quetion, ae ight
ifferentl
THE COURT What'you reponetoM. Hazlett-Steven?
COUGN: t wa eeing lariation beaue wa
urpie to hear no to uh an impoant iue
R. HAZLETT-TEVEN urpie oent overome.
THE CORT: Oa, a a mae of aaton, o the reor
i arie, a the quetion again, an r Hill, let ee if we an anwer
that queton to the bet of our abilit Go ahea, Coughin
BY COUGHLN
Q r Hill, i ou jut teti that ou i not feel it wa
an important onieraton in epeenting our lient to etermine whether
o not the eae in quetion woul permit ommeial ue?
A No, it not important. We were hire to evit ou, an
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ha was he assgnmen
Q Okay, so f he aw has an express dcae prohbng
he use of suary evcon proceedngs agans commerca enans where
he non-paymen of ren s no aeged o served as an evcon noce, woud
ha presen a suaon where woud be an mporan consderaon?
A r. Coughn, 'm havng a rea ough me foowng
your queson
QOkay.
THE COURT: o ahead and rephrase he queson,
Coughn
THE WTESS: You've made n sma peces
THE CORT Hang on, r H Rephrase he queson e
me e you, 'm gvng you a ea dea ofeeway on cross-examnaon n
faess o you, ad were geng no ssues a reay, reay exceed e
scope of he drec examnaon.
And m wng o gve you a grea dea of eeway, bu a
some pon, he eeway maon comes o an end.
So, go ahead and ask one more queson reaed o hs. Try o
make spec, d hen H w do hs bes o answer a queson
R COUGH: Yes, sr, Your Honor. Jus qucky, m a e
green on hs, bu he opened he door que a b, oo
THE COURT Go ahead and ask a queson, Coughn
BY COUGH:
Q You us esed ha you dd no f wa an
mporan consderaon wheher or no he ease aowed for commerca
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se correc?
A Yeah was no ha mportan
Q Oka wod become mportan f or enre case or
e order whch o preped for o cen was vod becase here s no
rsdcona bass for enern sch an order?
A If or presmpons were correc whch he're no
hen wold become mpoan snce o're wron was no
mportanesdes ha o ddn rase
Q Was he fac tha he proper was ben sed for a
commerca pose se forh n he enans afdav?
A I don' know
Q Yo don' know?
A do no reca
Q Yo js esed tha wasn' rased so how cod
o do tha wh a srah face and hen answer o don recall now?
HE COURT: Cohn hes answered he qeson ha hedoesn reca . Yor comens become armenave so les
We're ettn no an area where Im no on o lae n
hs Co he mers of he andlord/enan reaonshp nor the mae
he bass for e evcon
r Hll has esed o a lmed deree wha he's done and f
o have anthn reevan o wha he sad o ahead and ask If no I
thnk wold be a ood me o ermnae or coss-eamnaon ness
o have an other reevan qesons.
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COGHLIN:
M COGHLIN Ys sir and I apprciat our frstration with
h xtnt to which civi vicion aws is taing up crminal court rsourcs
and thats undrscord in State Johnon
CORT No, lt m tll ou, Coughin You ar notgoing to misquot what Im saing. Im not sratd b that procss a a
Im ust saing ha it bcoms irrlvant in m Court whn ou har his
criminal mar th dtails which happnd in th Justic Court on a
landlord/nant mar and I m not frustrad on bit.M Ys sir
TH CORT: To th xtntmats ar rlvant inthcriminal
cas Im going to har hm but as th gt to b marginall irrvant w
bgin to a up im hats not bs srvd in th Cou
So, if ou hav an ohr dirct rlvant qusions go ahad
and don o pu words n m mouth about what Im thining Than
ou.
M COGHLIN Ys sir Your Honor I apologi
BY M COGHLIN:
Q Hill ar ou awar of a cas calld State
Johnon as 00 Wstaw 454666 whr in som o h pobms
associatd wih cooping a polic forc
M HLTT STEVNS: Judg, Im going to objc alrad
as to rlvanc.
TH CORT Lt him nish h qusion. Go ahad, r
Coughln Go aad and h our qion HaSvns ou c
objct a th appropriat tim
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M COGHIN Whereinomeoftheproblemaocatedwth
landlord co-opting a poice force to do civil landlordtenant to a cerain
an eect on civil landlordtenant dpute i dicued at lengh?
R HAZETT-STEENS Judge, I am going to object to
relevance, and there no foundation for the queton in thi cae at all baed
on direct examinaton
THE CORT That obecton i utaned M. Coughlin. I
dont think that relevantR. COGHIN e, ir, our Honor. Im tryng to wrap it up
here wth a quetion or two, our Honor
I think that a I have
THE CORT Thank you M Coughn. M. Hazle-Steven,
any redrect?
M HETT-SEENS Nothing No redirect, our Honor
THE COR M. Hil thank you very much ou may have a
eat Thank you, ir Alrght.
R HE-STEENS Th Cty ca Caey Baker
R. COGHIN our Honor if can, am I too late to nvoke the
rule of excluion?
HE COR Im going to
M HAZESTEENS It too ate our Honor
T CORT No Im gong to go ahead i that a fact? Or
doe the Cour have it dicretion?
M HAZESEENS It It ha to be invoked at the
begnnng of the trial ou cant hamtring one witne and prejudce one
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sde b o mdw hrouh e rl. hs o be voed he
be ofrl, Your Hoor
COUR M. Couhl?
COUGHN Mr. Hzle-Sees s very experecedlor hs red, so do hve o rebu h. do ow
wheher hs !he cse or o
COUR O, h ou. Go hed h reues w
be deed.
M Ber, les e ou swo
(Wess dul swo).
HE COUR h ou, M Ber Hve se Alrh,
M. Hzle-Seves, o hed.
MR HAZLSEVENS h ou, Your Hoor.
CASY BAKR
clled s wess, hv bee dul swo,
esed s follows
DC EXAMNAONBY HAZLESEVENS:
Q Good mo. Could ou plese se ou me d
spell our ls for he record?
A Cse Ber, BAKE-R.
Q Are ou emploed, sr?
A Yes
Q hs our professo or occupo?
A m ssoce ttoe Rchrd Hlls oce.
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Q How ong ave o been an atoe sr?
A Sine Otober of 005
Q Oka, and ow long ae o been working wt .
Hill?
A I stared wit . H wen nised law soo in
Jne 005 I was tere fo tree eas e fo abot mons, ame
bak, and been tere eve sne
QAnd wat's
or wat ae o dies as an assoate
atoe a te aw Oes of ard Hill?
A Wen Hill assis me ases, ande tose ases to
e best of m abii. de some of te intake for new ases if te ient
ontats o oe or ontats me diretl and . Hill s not available
I assst M H wi some of te ases es andlng
Q Oka, tank o And do part of or dies entail
andord/tenant law?
A es
Q Wat poion ofor ase aw or o ase load dealswt landlord/enan sses, do o know?
A It varies Geneall speakng wen landlord/tenan
ases ome nto or oe, te nd ter wa to me
QOka
A Dr erisss ase opied a sbsanta amon of m
time for te past seveal monts
Q Oka, wen abot did o ge wee o assed a
ase assoiaed wi Dr eriss?
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A Yes
Q Ad is tht cse ssocited wih the ddess of 121
ive Roc Seet?
A Yes
Q Is tht i Reo?
A Yes.
Q Whe bou wee ou ssied to hde h cse?
A I believe t ws the ed of Auust 01 1 .
Q O d wht ws our sime? Did . H
come o ou d ssi h cse o ou?
A Evc Couhli.
Q O o. Dd ou iiie proceedis to evic M
Couhli om th esidece?
A I dd
Q How did ou o bou doi tht?
A I ws m udestdi tht here ws et due ps
due om . Couh.Q O
A Aer evew the ese so detemed ht
Couh w moho-mo e becuse his ese hd expired.
QO
A I beieve i Febu of 20 1 1 Ude hose
circumsces d i ths cse ee prcice is o be both poceedis
-d p o e out proeed d 30d o cuse. hs wht did.
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Q So you did both of hose simulaneousy?
A Correct.
Q Okay, did you e these papers did you sere these
papers on the rsidence a 2 Rver Rock?
A The way t works the answer to the queston is yes.
Q How does it work? Do you aso e something
Cour? Is at when you do that simutaneousy?
A The way works is you have the notices sered rstQ Okay
A For instance with the day pay or vacate notice the
tenant then has ve days to come down and ommence the proceeding in the
Justice Cour by ing an Adavt.
Q Okay
A Thats sor of what Coughin did
Q Okay, and eventuay this case wound up in Justice
Cour, correct?
A That's correct Coughin contested I beieve hecontested both matters.
Q Okay
A We had a short heang with Judge Sfeaa on the 5
day nonpayment issue
reca
Q Okay when was that hearing? Do you reca? f you
A That was eary October
Q Okay, go ahead.
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A We baced off of that
Q Oay
A Becase Coghin was as Mr Hi stated he was
fabricating a these isses We didnt want to dea with that
Q Oay
A We decided the path of eas esstance, I beieve is he
term we actay sed in one of o peading papes, was to spy set that
aside and contine with the 0day no caseQ Oay
A And thats what we did
Q Oay eventay that 0day no case eiction wond
p before a jdge in the Jstice Cort coect?
A Jdge Sferrazza Or hearing on that or rst hearing
Q Oay
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A When Mr Coughin ttemped to rise those issues
Q Yes
A Judge Serrzz got into the sttutes nd the sttute
requires tht i enn s going to ssert deense bsed on hbitbii
then the ennt is requred to deposit rent nto Cou mntned escrow
ccount in order or hm to proceed with those deenses
Th ws he order tht cme out otht hering.
Q Oy, so October 1
Judge Serrzz sys " youwnt o ddress the hbitbty ssues you need to deposit you need o
escrow certin mount o money in order to even hve the biiy o
ddress those issues.
s h bscy wht hppened
A Th s coec. nd Judge Serrzz her ordered i
Mr. Coughin were no to deposi tht money the evcton woud be grnted
Q Oy did Mr Coughin depost h money
A No he didn't
Q Oy ws there nother herng pursunt o your no
cuse eviction
A Yes.
Q When did tht occurA Tht occued on Ocober 25
THE COT: 'm sorry
H WNESS October 2
COT Thn you
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B M HZLETTSTEVENS
Q A ca youut briey give the Cou an overview of
wha actuay happee at he October 25th hearig
e he purpoe of he October 25 hearig wa to
aow Cough to ubanae efee he ha ae he Ocober
Q Regarig habiabiity
CorrectQ Go ahea
So, he ug wa hat if Cough put he moey
ito the ecrow accou, he were goig o be back o Ocober 25 a he
ca attempt to ubantiate he efee a that time by phyica eviece
Q Okay
We ha a hearig o October 25h tha took a ay t
he e ofthe hearg, Juge Sfeaa too a hot brea, he he came
back ito the Couroom where he anouce hi iig a act,
Cocuio of aw, a grate he evictio
Q Okay, wa Mr. Coughi preet urig that etire
poceeig?
e, he wa
M
COUGHN: Obectio, our Hoor, reevacyM HZETSTEVENS Juge, it goe to oice
THE COURT: t oe go to otice, Coughi
M COUGHN: Notice i crimia aw ee or civi aw ee
a evcto
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E COR Well, m gong o ell you gh now, goes o
noe n he mna law sense as o whehe o no you had noe of he
evon orde beng eneed
Tha's vey elevan, and 'm gong o aow ha eson o
be ased and answeed
M COGN Bu noe n a mna law sense enas an
analyss of whehe he vl noe and seve ules wee se foh suen
o ssue a legmae wngTE COR n hs ase, he ssue one of he ssues n hs
ase s whehe or no you had noe of he evon ha was umaely
sondsle was ordered by Judge Sferrazza, and so 's a de mporan
ssue n he ase, and so m gong o allow ha ueson o be ased and
answeed
BY R LETTSTEVENS
Q r Bae, was . Coughn pesen dng he poron
ofhe heang ae Judge Sferrazza reued o he Couoom and graned
he evon?
A Yes, he was. e was sng a he same able hes
sng a now on ha sde of he Couoom.
COGLN m soy, You ono, f ould us uy
nee Youe no mang a ulng s us f an la, on he ssueof seemed o me, s ha you sad s relevan, bu ddn' seem
neessay you made a law of he ase or a rulng o say, a wang s no
based upon a vl sandad of seve of an evon noe Tha s sl a
maer has up fo agumen
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Tha'swhereweareightnow.
COUR y uln was s ha aleSevens ased
a ueson ha was eevan and o a eevan answe, and m no man
any ulns on anyhn exep he fa ha he answe was you wee pesen
n he Juse Cou when Jude Sfeazza made a un
M COUN Oay han you, You onor
CO
BY R AZLESEVENS
Can you please desbe wha
Couhln was
aually don n he Couroom whle exuse me, Jude Sfeaa
wa ssun hs uln?
A e was sn a he same abe hes sn a now
Oay
A An sn ba n hs ha and lsenn
Was he enaed n lsenn o he Jude?
A e was lsenn e was no an noes now ha
beause laned ove e wasn an noes
Oaynaudble onvesaon)
M AZESEVENS ay I appoah he wness, You
ono?
E COUR You mayBY M AZLESEVENS
Bae, an you ae a loo a ha doumen? s
been mared as Cs
A Oay
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Q Do you eoze ha doumen?
A Yes
Q lease ell he Cou wha ha doumen s
A Ths s he Evon and Deson Order sgned and
ssued by udge Sfeazza on Oobe a 8 pm
Q And s here any ndaon n ha Ode ha he
evon was ganed?
A Yes
Q Oay.
A And s n CAS. The s lne, he s wo wods of
he seond senene ae he deson
Q And when does announe ha he evon s
eeve?
A Effeve Oober 0 , a 00 pm
TE COURT You sad m soy Oober ?
TE WESS: Oobe 0 a 00 p.m.
TE COURT Than you
BY R AZLETTSTEVENS
Q Now dd . Coughln eve dung ha long a day
poeedng move fo a say ae dge Sfeazza announed a he
evon was ganed?
A beleve he naudble).
Q mmedaely?
A Yes.
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Q And does he Ode ha youe hodn announe ay
deson on whehe he say s ehe aned o dened?
A Yes,he las lneofhe deson says, "Tenan's vebal
moon o say, dened.
R. HAZETTSTEVENS: Thank you. You ono, h Cy
moves o adm whas been maked as Cys , and move ha no
evdene unde 0b . Thas a eed publ doumen, a self-
auhenaed doumen, udeTE CORT: Couhln, any obeon?
M COGN: Relevany
TE COURT: Okay, hnk s vey elevan, and he obeon
s oveuled, ad Cys Exhb No wll be admed no evdene.
M AZETTSTEVENS: Than you, You ono
BY R. AZETTSTEVENS
Q Now, dd Jude Sfeaa ode anyhn else n ha
poeedn ae he aned he moon o he evon?
A Yes.
Q Wha dd he ode?
A A ha pon, when he Jude announed hs Fndns
of Fa and Conlusons of aw, oeed, "Jude would you lke me o
pepae he ndns of a and Conluson of aw and Ode foEvon?
offeed ha beause ha s usomay, and beleve hee s a
ule n Ds Cou hnk s Rule 9 ha he pevaln pa pepaes .
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M. Cohln obeed, and sad he waned o pepae hs own.
A ha pon, Jde Sferazza sad, "ne, yo ys eah pepae one e
hem o me by noon on hsday, he 2\ and I wll sn one a ha me.
Q Oay, and dd yo o abo pepan yo ndns ofas, Conlsons of Law, and Ode of Sary Evon?
A Yes, I dd.
Q So Jde Sfeazza, we ddn' eally e no hs,
aally eneed ndns ofas and
Conlsons of Law on he eod as
he was annonn hs deson?
A Yes he dd.
R AZLESEVENS Yo ono, may have hs
maed Cys ?
E COR Yes.
nadble dssson).
E COUR Why don' we do hs Js o ahead and mae
AZLESEVENS Yo now, Yo ono, m happy
o povde opes. aally have exas
E COUR efe, han yo, aleSevens.
AZLESEVENS Ceanly
E COUR hese wee pevosly povded n dsovey?
AZLESEVENS hey wee pevosly povded n
dsove.
E COR Well, well ve hm anohe opy oday so we
have a opy ea, han yo vey mh, M. aeSevens.
E COR Ceranly, Jde
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AESEVENS Your onor may approah
as Cy's 2?
Q r. Baer an you ae a loo a whas been mared
A Oay.
QA
Do you reognze ha doumen?Yes.
QA
Can you pease e he Cour wha ha doumen s?
hese are he Fndngs o Fa Conusons o aw and
agan?
E CO Yes
BY ALESEVENS
Order or Sary Evon ha prepared ollowng he Oober 2th,
2011 hearng.
Q Do you rea when abou you prepared ha doumen?
A beleve was on he 26th
Q Oay
A Beause Judge Serrazza waned on he 27thQ Oay dd you prepare ha on your ompuer?
A Ys.
Q Dd you send a opy o anyone? ould eher be o
emal ma or any oher orm ohs malng?A sen an orgnal down or a opy down o he
Courhouse o Judge Serrazza
Q Oay.
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A beleve I sent a membe of ou staff to tae t down
Q
sts today?
A
Q
A
QA
Sferraa
Q Im gong to det you attenton to page ve of that
doument
A Oay
Q And an you please desbe what's at th botom of
page ve?A That onappoxmately lne2 1 that'swheet begns
the ode fo summa evton
Q Oay d on e next page Im gong to daw your
attenton to page sx, s thee a date thats gven fo the evton the na
evton?
A Yes what I ped was that Coughln ths s on
ne M Cohn was o be o he Shef was o emove anyone found
thee by no late than Otobe 1 0 Judge Sfeaa made some
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(naudbe) whee he oed ou "ae and woe "eale And he alo
added "a 5:00 pm And udge Sfeazza naled h hange hee
AZESVENS he Cy move o adm wha
been maed a Cy 2 agan unde 52.25, no evdene COUR M. Coughln any obeon
COUGIN No You ono
COUR Oay han you Cy No. wll be
admed no edene. ha you
BY AZESVENS
Q So ha doumen auay gave a dae ofhe evon
ae whh a oe
A ha oe
Q Ae whh Coughln wa no longe allowed o be
hee a oe
A ha oe.
Q So he Fndng of Fa Conuon of aw and
Ode of Evon found n you favo M el favo ahe and he
dae of evo wa a of Oobe 3" a 500 p.m oe?
A ha oe ha wha we announed n Cou and
pu on a ndng of Fa
QAnd ha Ode ad ha anyone hee ae ha dae
oud be emoved ha oe?
A ha wa e ommand gven o he She.
Q "Sha be emoved.
A Ye
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Q Did you sere ha doue o M Cou i ay
fashio A Noie of Ery of Order or ayhig lie ha Or ha
sered by he Cou o him
A he ay i os is he Cou - aer he Cour eers
he Order he Cor forards i o he Sheif
Q Oay
A d he Sheriff goes ou ad efores he order
Q Oay o m goig o dra yor aeio o he daeof Noember 3t 0
HE COUR ha as ha dae agai
HZESEVENS Noembe 3 0 Yor Hoo
HE COUR Oay gie e us a seod osel
HZESEVNS: Ceraiy Judge
HE COUR ' maig some oes hee regardig some
daes
. HZESEVNS: Ad m goig o ihdra ha
uesio Your Hoor so if you do a ojo ha oe do you do
have o a his poi
HE COUR Oay looig a somehig ese oay. Go
ahead ha you ouse
BY . HAZESVNSQ goig o dra your aeio o he dae of
Noebe 1 st 0 . o you real ha you ere doig ha day
A es as aually o ofork ha day as a home
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Q Okay.
A But I was bascay on standby because I knew that the
eviction was going to happen.
Q Okay, and didyouactuallyeventually respondorhave
to come to the area of Rver Rock?
A Yes.
Q Why?
A The way it works again Im sorry to keep dong this
Q Pease please pease you ae educatng us a.
A You have to wait for the She to contact you
Q Okay.
A The Sherfs Deputes ae sent out with several of these
things on the days that they do them howeve they do them every day You
can ty to shoot for a specc tme but you are at the mecy of the Sherfs
Deputys schedule. Some lockouts take longer than others. They y to give
you lead tme.
I had spoken with the Sherifs Deput aleady I beeve on
Friday the
Q Okay
A I believe. It was eithe that or I contacted him on hs
cel phone But I came back in (inaudbe) do the ockoutsTHE COURT Im sorry?
TH WITNESS I came back in so we could do the lockout to
meet the Sherifs Deputies at the popey ae the Sheif cas.
Q Okay and so you actually did go to 1 1 River Rock?
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The Sheriffs go i They cler he propery mke sre obody s here
The ey cme bck o d hey pe i o he door
Q Oky d yo sid he locksmih ws here oo?
A Correc
Q Wh did he locksmih do?
A he locksmh his rs sk ws o ope the fro door
Q Oky
AAer
he did h d erhe
Sherff clers hepropery he he chges he locks rekeys he locks
Q Oky
A O he fro door d he bck door
Q Oky d wh did he were here ew keys
ssoced w rekeyg he locks?
A es
Q Wh dd the ocksmih do wh the ew keys?
A Ge hem o me
Q OkyA I ws eiher me or Sherry Hill who ws lso wih me
from my oce hik he ge o me
Q Im so?
AI hk he ge hem o
me
Q Oky d so hs he old keys h were formerly
ssocied wh h ock wold o loger work is h correc?
A h s my dersdig
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Q
door?
A Coec
roer?
Q
A
Q
Were here n other doors, entry doors, ino he
here were no oher oside en doors
ow, dd o do o ec wheer he Sher
execed n oher docmens whie he ws here? An Advi of Sericeo ning ke h, do o ec?
A I don now
Q So, is or esimon h he Sher s Dey osed,
ed on he on door, his ge indings of c nd Conclsions of
Lw hs lred been dmied ino evidence, he Ciy s ?
A Ths correc
Q Ok, did he os i on he fron door nd he bck
door? Or s he on door? Do o recl?
A s he on door
Q O
HAZLETTSTEVENS: o rher qesions for his
winess, Yor Honor
THE CORT Algh, hnk oM. Coghlin, n esions on crosseminion?
COGHLI: Yes, sir, Yor Honor
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CROSSEXAMATION
BY MR COUGHLIN:
Q oo aeoon, M.Baker. Youust testethatthe
Orer sas that the tenant shall be remove at some point, s that orret?
A ont thnk that was m testmon think m
testimon was that the Orer ommans the Sheriff to remove whoever he
ns there
QAn b Orer, ou mean this one that ou prepare an
uge Sferrazza signe?
HE COUR Let's refer to the ouments that we have in
eviene believe, r Coughlin, ou are referring to Cits Exibit 2. f
that's not orret let me know fit's on the reor, t's lear hat makes
spe referene to ouments that are neviene.
R COHL Yes, sir, Your Honor
HE COR o ahea an ask that question
BY COUHL
Q So, that woul be Exhibit 2 Finngs of Fa,Conlusion of Law an Orer for Summar Evition.
D ou earlier testi to e effet tat in hat oument there
is essentiall a omman to the Sheriff that the shall - the tenant shall be
remove?
A beeve that was approximatel how paraphrase
Exibit 2 when hane it bak to r HazlettStevens, es
Q Oka, an ust for point of referene, o ou - where on
page six, line 2 one, sas, t s hereb orere, ajuge an eree as
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follow, ha he Sherff otable of eo owhp o oe of he duly
auhored age be ad hereby dreced o emove each pero ad evey
peo foud upo or wth he etal u locaed a ve ock"
A No, I do o ee ha do o have he docume
frot of me.
Q Okay, we ha -
H OU Leme askyouhis. Wouldithep, Mr Baker,
f! gave you le me do h o were vey clear.M. OUGHIN You Hoor, I have aoher copy.
H OU No, that's fne. Goahead, andheoriginal,
y hb 2 e gve to Baker o he ha referece to ha
docume. hak you, r
Now, doe ha hep to awe he queto, M Baker
H WINSS Wha wa he queo a I (audbe he
r paaaph
H OU: He eetally ead verbam the r paagaph
o you, ad aked f ha wha he documet ad hat coec, M
oughl
M. OUGHLIN Ye, r, You Hoor
OU Okay, thak you.
H WINSS I do have you queo md, bu o heete he Judge ay youve ead the r paaaph o page -
BY OUGHLIN
Q Okay, ad wa ha what you wee eferrg o whe
you eed earler abou laguage volvg hall be emoved"
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Dos i say ayhing in ha paraaph about waning o
Or wihin h nir Ordr, or wiin any rva
documnaion invovd in his procding orh vicion ordr
A You man a wing in addition o wha JudgSrraa od us a h haring?
Q W, m no rfrring o h haring jus now. m
rrring to h noic ha you say was postd - ma, this documn -
Ehibi ha you say was posd
And gahr you biv hat fcuad srvc ofi. m
asking you, is hr aything wihin his ha spaks o a wing to av
simiar o wha is ound in RC , h spass scion o h Rno
uni Cod?
A don know h Rno uni Cour h uni Cod I
hink h bst can do o answr your qustion is o say a in th
inroducory paragraph on pag on, rcis ha on pag 21 ha you wr
prsn ad procdd in propr prson a th wo harings rrncd on
ha pag, Octobr 35th ad - cus m, Ocobr 3 and Ocobr 5 don s big ashing rs ha say waing on hr, i
has your qusion
Q Okay, so your saying thrs nohing in hr hat
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TH COUT: This wess ca aswer a quesi ha es
he ulimae leal cclusi Ill make ha deermiai s ha
bjeci s susaed
M COUHLI Yes sir, Yur HrBY M COUHLI
Q Yu sad yu did sere ay ice f r fOrder
f hib 2, he Fds f Fac, ha yu prepared ad ude Sferrazza
sed?
A We prbably did aerwards. Bu I dd fr he
lcku, I d hik aybe
Q Okay, befre he lcku, did yu ever ma, r aye
w yur raia, mail r herwise perfrm csrcive servce uder
CP 6 f his Order?
A We i hese prceedis (iaudbe by usice Cur
rles, he rues f he iaudibe. Thas umber e.
umberw, I d w whe my ce received a sed
cpy S, I d - I ca e yu as I si here day wheher we se a
ce f Alhuh, I ca ell yu, has my pracice, especially i
yur case, mmediaely sed a ice f ry.
Q Okay, ad yu sad hese prceedis his summary
eviciprceedi, which ude Sferrazza
as characerized as a rial, ha
wuld be recveed Ocber 25 bu yu sad hse prceedis/rial
are veed by he ules f Civil Prcedure, CP?
A irs, dd say se prceedisa dd
say ha wrd Yu said i. Ad yes, hese prceedis, hibi 2, were i
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So yo ave to eiter personally and it to te paty wic
will establis later was not done and believe is testimony was to te
effect tat no one was tere.
So if yo don't get tat te law says RCP 6 - 4 and 6 it
says yo ave to sbstitte serice. tin some people ca it constctive
seice tee days for mailing.
THE CORT: To te extent tis witness is abe to answer wy
dont yo as te witness tose pe of qestions. I tin yo can - HETTSTEVES: And Jdge I'm going to intepose
THE CORT o aead.
HAZETTSTEVES y objection for lac of a better
wod ere. 'm not ting to pove tat an eviction - tat an eviction
Findings of Facts and Conclsions of aw ws propery sered on
Defendant. Tats not my obligation as a criinal prosector in tis case.
y obligation is to sow notice tat e was evicted and ife
was bac on te property I don't tin tey're reevant wat ind of seice
actay appened weter its prsant to evada Rles of Civi
Pocedre te andlordTenant aw or les applicable to te stice
Corts.
So for te record tats my objection.THE CORT Tan yo Wy dont yo focs yor inqi
on some of te areas yo raised wic yo sod be abe to ave answered
in two or tee qestions of tis witness to te extent es able to answer
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