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Jackson Prosecutor Ron Zonen Admits to Misconduct in Unrelated Case

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Wednesday, 21 September 2005
[b]Defense blasts link between Santa Barbara prosecutor, filmmaker [/b] 1:02 a.m. September 21, 2005 SANTA BARBARA – [b]A prosecutor committed a misdemeanor by sharing with filmmakers information about the Jesse James Hollywood murder case [/b]but he should not be disqualified from the trial, the district attorney's office argues in court documents. Senior Deputy District Attorney Ron Zonen may have acted carelessly in giving the makers of "Alpha Dog" rap sheets and witness information but his actions didn't amount to bias, according to a motion submitted for a hearing Tuesday. [b]Hollywood's attorney, James Blatt, called Zonen's work with filmmaker Nick Cassavetes "unprecedented misconduct" in a motion filed last week. He said the movie reflects prosecutors' version of events and depicts his client as "extremely manipulative, vicious, selfish and without any redeeming character traits whatsoever."[/b] The movie is scheduled to be released in late 2005 or early 2006. The district attorney's office argues that Zonen would have a conflict of interest only if he had a personal or financial interest in the outcome of Hollywood's trial. "There is nothing to suggest that Zonen is under the influence of a private party with a personal interest in securing Hollywood's conviction," Senior Deputy District Attorney Gerald Franklin wrote in a response to Blatt's motion. "Alpha Dog," starring Bruce Willis, Sharon Stone and Justin Timberlake, is based on the August 2000 slaying of , 15-year-old Nicholas Markowitz of Los Angeles' West Hills neighborhood. Prosecutors say Hollywood, 25, orchestrated Markowitz' kidnapping and murder because of an escalating feud with the teenager's older half-brother over a $1,200 drug debt. Three people were convicted and one pleaded guilty in the case, but Hollywood fled. He was captured in a beach town in Brazil in March after a nearly five-year man hunt. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges. The next hearing on Zonen's actions is scheduled for Nov. 1. Source: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20050921-0102-ca-jessejameshollywood.html

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