Trial of former D.A. advisor on hold after appeals court steps in

A California appeals court is reviewing the criminal case against former D.A. advisor Diana Teran, who is accused of violating hacking statutes by sharing court records to track cops with disciplinary histories. The Court of Appeal delayed the trial for at least three months and set a hearing for prosecutors to justify continuing the case. Teran’s defense argues that the records were public and belonged to the public, not the LASD, while the attorney general’s office claims she needed permission to use the data.

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