Opinion
Case No. Cr.S-03-042-FCD.
February 28, 2006
ROBERT J. PETERS, Attorney at Law, California State Bar Number 43618, JAN DAVID KAROWSKY, Attorney at Law, A Professional Corporation, California State Bar Number 53854, Sacramento, CA, Attorneys for Defendant Jason Walker
PETER KMETO, Attorney at Law, California State Bar Number 78827, Sacramento, CA, Attorney for Defendant Shango Greer
APPLICATION AND ORDER FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AD TESTIFICANDUM
COMES NOW the defendants herein by their respective counsel of record and represent and show:
That there is now confined in the King County Jail in Seattle, Washington, one TAURIAN BENJAMIN ALFORD, DOB 5-2-70; Social Security Number 532-76-8377, in the custody of the Warden, Sheriff or Jailor thereof; that said prisoner is a necessary, material and competent witness in the defense of the above-entitled case, which is currently in trial in the United States District Court at Sacramento, California, and that in order to secure the attendance of said prisoner it is necessary that a Writ of Habeas Corpus Ad Testificandum be issued commanding said Warden, Sheriff or Jailor to produce said prisoner in said Court, Courtroom #1, Sixteenth Floor, Robert T. Matsui United States Courthouse, 501 "I" Street, Sacramento, California on March 8, 2006, at 8:30 a.m., in order that said prisoner may respond to and answer such questions as may be propounded to him during the course of the trial of said case.
WHEREFORE, your petitioner prays for an order directing the issuance of a Writ of Habeas Corpus Ad Testificandum, out of and under the seal of this Court, commanding said Warden, Sheriff or Jailor to have and produce said prisoner in said United States Courtroom on said date, then and there to respond to and answer such questions as may be propounded to him during the course of the trial of the above-entitled case; and at the termination of said case to return him forthwith to said above-mentioned institution. /s/ Robert J. Peters