Filmmakers got help from a Santa Barbara County, Calif., prosecutor on "Alpha Dog," a movie slated to hit theaters next month. Now it's up to the California Supreme Court to decide whether that prosecutor and the local DA's office can stay on a murder case despite his cooperation with a director making a movie about it. One attorney says this is the first time a prosecutor released an "entire criminal file" to a film company and consulted on a film while the related case was still pending.
December 22, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Filmmakers got help on a possible box office hit when a Santa Barbara County, Calif., prosecutor agreed to act as a consultant for “Alpha Dog,” a movie slated to hit theaters next month.
Now it’s up to the California Supreme Court to decide whether that prosecutor and the local DA’s office can stay on a murder case despite his cooperation with a director making a movie about it.
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