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           1                      UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

                                UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

           2                   CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

                                      WESTERN DIVISION

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                                  HONORABLE A. HOWARD MATZ

           4               UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE, PRESIDING

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                UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  )

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                        PLAINTIFF,         )

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                VS.                        )   NO. CR 02-350(A)

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                STEVEN WILLIAM SUTCLIFFE,  )

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                        DEFENDANT.         )

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          12                             SENTENCING

 

          13                REPORTER'S TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS

 

          14                      THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2004

 

          15                       LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

 

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          23                      KATHLEEN L. MECHANIC, RPR

                               FEDERAL OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER

          24                  312 NORTH SPRING STREET, ROOM 410

                                LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90012

          25                         PH:  (213) 617-1422

 

 

 

                                UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

 

 

 

 

 

           3              MR. SUTCLIFFE:  Yes, Your Honor.  Thank you.

 

           4              Um, does this packet I've just been handed contain

 

           5    the certificate pursuant to 4241D that's required by the law?

 

           6              THE COURT:  It does not.

 

           7              MR. SUTCLIFFE:  It does not?  Is there any

 

           8    explanation that the Court can give that this was not

 

           9    provided to the clerk of court?  It's my understanding it's

 

          10    supposed to be provided to the clerk and that the clerk was

 

          11    then to provide it to the attorneys.

 

          12              THE COURT:  Okay.  I'm not going to comment on the

 

          13    accuracy or correctness of your understanding.  It may, in

 

          14    fact, be correct and I know what statute you have in mind in

 

          15    pointing that out.  So far as I know, we never got a

 

          16    certificate and that's why I don't have anything to give to

 

          17    you.

 

          18              MR. SUTCLIFFE:  So for the record, none -- none

 

          19    exists?

 

          20              THE COURT:  So far as I know, none exists in this

 

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"This is an extremely serious responsibility placed on both the hospital institution and the court. There are two important certifications for the director to make. The first is a certification that the person has sufficiently recovered mentally to be released at all. The second is, if the person can be released but only on certain conditions, a certification that the conditions are appropriate. The court bears a vital responsibility as to both."