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TRANSFERRED FROM THE SAM~_ACCOUNT NUMBER $25,000? THE WITNESS: BY MR. CASTANEDA
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WELL, YOU WERE THERE ON THE 12TH, RIGHT? OBVIOUSLY. THE 10,000? RIGHT. MY SIGNATURE IS THERE, CORRECT. INTO THIS ACCOUNT? THE SIGNATURE IS THERE.
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FOR WHAT
PURPOSE?
FOR MY SCHOOLING. FOR YOUR YES. SCHOOLING? THE SAME ACCOUNT. WELL, I HAD
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VERY WELL
SHE CARED
A LOT ABOUT
OBJECT
CASTANEDA:
FROM THE RECORD. THE COURT: YOUR TESTIMONY MR. IF I STRIKE ALL HER ANSWERS, ALL
THE PORTION
CARED ABOUT
THE WITNESS'
BY MR. CASTANEDA:
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WHO THIS
CHECK
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TO?
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ME TO READ?
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UH-HUH. GONZALO. FOR HOW MUCH? I CAN'T READ IT. YOUR HONOR -FOUNDATION --
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SHE DOESN'T
HAVE THE
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THESE CHECKS WERE PAID FROM HER ACCOUNT NUMBER WITHIN THE MONTH PRIOR TO IT. THERE MAY HAVE BEEN ALL SORTS OF MONEY
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THAT CAME OUT OF THESE ACCOUNTS, BUT SHE IS NOT THE PROPER WITNESS TO TESTIFY TO WHAT GONZALO OR ANYONE ELSE RECEIVED. MR. CASTANEDA: THE COURT: SHE IS AWARE OF THAT.
ANYBODY ELSE RECEIVED MONEY FROM YOUR GRANDMOTHER'S ACCOUNT? THE WITNESS: SHE GAVE ME MONEY FROM SCHOOL AND
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GRANDCHILDREN AND HER CHILDREN MONEY FOR HOUSES, MONEY FOR PRESENTS, WHEN PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE MONEY. I MEAN, SHE WAS
HELPFUL AND SHE GAVE ALL OF HER CHILDREN MONEY. BY MR. CASTANEDA: Q LET ME ASK YOU WHO THIS PAYCHECK IS PAYABLE TO? YES. SUSANA CASTANEDA, MY MOTHER.
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AND ACCORDING TO YOU SHE PAID FOR CABLE, FOR PRESCRIPTIONS AND FOR TELEPHONE, RIGHT? MS. MACCARLEY: STRIKE. IT'S IRRELEVANT. THE COURT: BY MR. CASTANEDA: GRANTED. AGAIN, OBJECTION. MOTION TO
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RIGHT. THAT'S ALL I CAN READ. SO, IT COULD BE 642995, DO YOU OWN THAT ACCOUNT?
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A I HERE, SOMETHING WENT INTO THAT IF MY SIGNATURE ISDON'T RECALL MY ACCOUNT NUMBER. ACCOUNT WITH MY SIGNATURE. SO I CAN'T TELL YOU MY ACCOUNT NUMBER 357,
WHATEVER THE REST OF IT IS. Q OBVIOUSLY YOU TOOK YOUR GRANDMA BECAUSE SHE
DIDN'T DRIVE? A YEAH, TOOK HER TO THE BANK MANY TIMES. SHE
DIDN'T HAVE A RIDE, SO I WOULD DRIVE HER PLACES, THAT IS CORRECT. Q LET ME ASK YOU ONE MORE QUESTION. ANY OF THIS TELEPHONE NUMBERS ARE YOURS
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JUST LOOK AND SEE IF YOU SEE YOUR NO. 50S, THAT'S MY PHONE NUMBER.
TWO LONG ON NUMBER? '07, AND HOW MINUTES? THE PHONECALL? YOU TALKED TO YES. YEAH. YOUR MINUTES. THIS PHONE NOVEMBER 15 YEAH, IS WAS
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LAW OFFICES OF MRS. MACCARLEY TO BE A CONTRACT? A YEAH. THE COURT: I DIDN'T HEAR THAT OBJECTION. OBJECTION, IRRELEVANT.
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SUSTAINED.
I DON'T
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OBJECTION.
RELEVANCE, HEARSAY.
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THE CASTANEDA: I AM SUSTAINED. MR. COURT: OBJECTION TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AS TO WHO MRS. MACCARLEY -- WHO IS MISS CHRISTINA RAMIREZ' ATTORNEY OF RECORD? THE COURT: WHY IS THAT SIGNIFICANT? BECAUSE THE ATTEMPTS TO CLAIM
MR. CASTANEDA:
THAT MRS. CASTANEDA WAS INSANE OR DEMENTED. THE COURT: NO ONE CLAIMED MISS RAMIREZ WAS
CLAIMED INSANE OR DEMENTED. THE WITNESS: BY MR. CASTANEDA: Q BUT IT WAS DID YOU MAKE A PHONECALL TO ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES ON FEBRUARY OF '07? A I DON'T RECALL. YOU DON'T RECALL. IF YOU MADE A FALSE COMPLAINT WITH ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES, YOU KNOW THAT IS, THAT'S PUNISH BY LAW, RIGHT? NO.
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OBJECTION.
LACKS FOUNDATION,
THE COURT:
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YOU MADE A PHONECALL TO ADULT -THAT ISN'T WHAT SHE SAID. SHE SAID
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NOW, DID YOU AT ANY TIME COMPLAIN TO ANYBODY? DID YOU CALL THE PASADENA POLICE DEPARTMENT
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THE COURT:
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MR. CASTANEDA: THE COURT: JOSE CASTANEDA? THE WITNESS: BY MR. CASTANEDA: Q
TO THE POLICE?
DID YOU COMPLAIN TO ANYBODY? THE COURT: ANYBODY IS TOO BROAD. THAT CAN BE ASK
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IN FEBRUARY OF 2007 AND ALLEGING MRS. CASTANEDA WAS ABUSED? THE COURT: DO YOU WANT TO KNOW IF SHE MADE A
COMPLAINT TO PROTECTIVE SERVICES ABOUT YOU; IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE ASKING? MR. CASTANEDA: YES.
THE COURT:
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PROTECTIVE SERVICES ABOUT MR;CASTANEDA? THE WITNESS: BY MR. CASTANEDA: Q IF I CAN SHOW IT. I DON'T HAVE THAT TO PROVE NO.
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YOU WHEN SHE GAVE THIS LARGER SUM OF MONEY? THE WITNESS: WE HAD IT IN A C.D. ACCOUNT AND WE HAD ANOTHER ONE
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SHE KNEW AFTER A YEAR'S LAPSE THERE IS GOING TO AND THEN WE NEVER DISCUSSED
SHE WASN'T ALLOWED. THE COURT: THE WITNESS: WHO DIDN'T ALLOW -I WOULD CALL HER HOUSE SEVERAL
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TIMES, I WASN'T ALLOWED TO SPEAK TO HER. THE COURT: WHO WOULD TELL YOU? JOSE CASTANEDA. I KNOW MY
MR. CASTANEDA:
BROTHER MADE ATTEMPTS TO CALL HER ANOTHER FEW TIMES. THE COURT: BROTHER DID. THE WITNESS: THE COURT: YOU SHE IS? THE WITNESS: THE COURT: SHE WAS SLEEPING. SHE WASN'T AVAILABLE? OKAY. YOU WOULD CALL AND JOSE WOULD TELL I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO WHAT YOUR
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OF THOSE
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YOU ASK
WE ARE GOING
TO TAKE A BREAK.
EXPEDITION.
BY MR. CASTANEDA
TRANSFER
ON NOVEMBER
YOU
REMAINED
THERE
FOR A YEAR;
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WITHDRAWN
WITHDRAWN
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$5,000
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'OS YOU WENT WITH YOUR GRANDMA TO THE BANK, AND YOU
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SOME OF THE MONEY WAS INVESTED. Q A INVESTED. Q A TWENTY-FIVE. TEN I BELIEVE. THE COURT: HOW MUCH WAS INVESTED? YES. IF I -- GO AHEAD. THE $25,000, I SAID PART OF THE MONEY WAS
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ALICIA AND PART OF IT SHE HAD TAKEN OUT CASH FOR HERSELF. IT WAS DIVIDED IN INCREMENTS. THERE WAS $25,000 I BELIEVE
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THEN, THE $25,000 WOULD TRANSFER TO THE ACCOUNT. A NOT ALL OF THE $25,000 WAS TRANSFERRED INTO THE
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MEAN YOU GET TO ARGUE WITH HER. THE WITNESS: THE COURT: BY MR. CASTANEDA: Q OKAY.
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IN THE ACCOUNT. Q A Q DID YOU SIGN THIS? YES. IS FOR THAT ACCOUNT? OBVIOUSLY[ IF THAT'S MY ACCOUNT. OKAY. I BELIEVE THAT I HAVE THAT WITHDRAW FOR
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GC 042105
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CASE NAME:
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2010 HON. JOSEPH F. DE VANON, JUDGE SHARON P. BOYER, CSR #4329 P.M. SESSION
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MR. YOU ARE THE PLEASE. CASTANEDA: COURT:MAY AGAIN RAMIREZ, ASK YOU RECORD. I GO OATH. JOSE CASTANEDA, WANT TO SIR.ON TO RETAKE THE MISS YOU STILL UNDER I REMIND YOU,
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TRIED TO CONTACT MR. COUNTS, AND THERE IS NO SIGN OF HIM BEING AT HIS OFFICE. HE HAD SOME OF MY DOCUMENTS. I DO
HAVE SOME HERE WITH ME. TO ... THE COURT: MR. COUNTS.
ABANDONING YOU AT THE TIME OF TRIAL. MR. CASTANEDA: YES. AND AGAIN, I HAVE
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FEBRUARY 11TH DATED CONTRACT AGREEMENT. THE COURT: CONTACTED US. MR. CASTANEDA: I E-MAILED COUNSEL REGARDING MY HE HAS NEVER CALLED US. HE'S NEVER
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MR. CASTANEDA. THE COURT: BUT NO ONE CAME TO THE COURT, YOU
KNOW, BY WAY OF AN EX PARTE MOTION TO ASK FOR A CONTINUANCE OF THE CASE OR ADVISE ME THERE IS ANY PROBLEMS WE HAD PREVIOUSLY CONTINUED THE CASE ONCE
BEFORE IN ORDER FOR YOU TO GET A LAWYER. MR. CASTANEDA: THE COURT: RAMIREZ. YES, AND HE -- AND --
YOU WILL HAVE TO WORK THAT OUT. MR. CASTANEDA: YES. AGAIN -- OKAY.
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CASTANEDA FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST ME? YES. MS. MACCARLEY: FOUNDATION, HEARSAY. THE COURT: I DON'T KNOW WHO JESUS CASTANEDA IS. MY BROTHER. OBJECTION. RELEVANC~, LACKS
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THAT YOUR BROTHER SUED WHY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR ME TO KNOW THE COURT: YOU? MR. CASTANEDA: THAT WAS SOME OF THE PLAN, YOU
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THE ESTATE. ALSO ACCUSED ARE LOSING A HOME. FOR WHAT THE COURT: YOU OF OFFERING THIS
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MR. CASTANEDA:
TO SUPPORT --
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THE COURT:
TO SHOWBHE--DOESN WELL,
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YOU? HER
MR. CASTANEDA:
FRANCISCO
STREET
ON THE RECORD OF
THAT AND
THAT TESTIMONY
SOME WITNESS
AT THAT TRIAL
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IS SOMEHOW
IS NOT AVAILABLE,
THE COURT
BE ABLE
ABOUT THERE IS
ENTIRELY
DIFFERENT
LAWSUIT.
RELEVANCE. MR. CASTANEDA: CASTANEDA PROPERTY OWNED THAT WELL, THE RELEVANCY STREET. THIS IS THAT IS THE HER CONSENT. TO HER MRS.
WAS TAKEN
FRANCISCO
$2,000
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STREET
THIS
IS 784 HOWARD
STREET. TO AND
ON THE RECORD
STATING
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BECAUSE
HE GOES, AND
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IT WAS MY MOTHER'S
HOUSE
THAT1S
FROM MEXICO.
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IS DID YOUR MOTHER DEED THE PROPERTY TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LISTED ON THIS DEED. AND IF SOr SHOULD THE COURT ORDER
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DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT HAS ANY RELEVANCY. MR. CASTANEDA: THE RELEVANCY THAT I SEE IS THAT
SHE WAS SOMEHOW -- YOU KNOW, THE SAME THING OCCURS AGAIN. HER HOUSE THE COURT:
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THERE WAS A PRIOR LAWSUITr AND I WAS RETAINED TO ATTEMPT TO SETTLEMENT IT. IT'S A SETTLEMENT
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COMMUNICATION.
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SO OBJECTING THE
ON THAT GROUND. IS IT CLEAR OR SETTLEMENT YES. DISCUSSIONS, I SEE IF ON ITS FACE THAT DISCUSSIONS? IT'S A
COURT:
SETTLEMENT
AGREEMENT,
IF IT'S SETTLEMENT
ME TO LOOK AT IT AND
IT'S A SETTLEMENT
MR. CASTANEDA: MATTER. THE COURT: ON THAT. MR. CASTANEDA: MS. MACCARLEY: THE COURT: IT'S SOMEHOW TESTIFY RELEVANT
YES.
WE'RE
TRYING
TO SETTLE
THE
I CAN'T
RECEIVE
THAT.
I'M PRECLUDED
WHAT ABOUT
I CAN'T TO THIS
TO IT.
DISCUSSIONS I CAN'T
IF YOU THOUGHT
OR WHATEVER
FOR WHATEVER
CAN LETTER
I CAN'T
LOOK AT A SETTLEMENT
MR. CASTANEDA:
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CASTANEDA WITH THE DATE JANUARY 4, 2008. THE COURT: SUSANA IS THE -THE MOTHER OF CHRISTINA. THAT
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THE COURT: TO THIS INFORMATION? MR. CASTANEDA: I DON'T KNOW WHY. SHE WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO COME. IS THERE A REASON SHE CAN'T TESTIFY
DEPOSITION EARLIER IN THE YEAR. EVEN ATTEMPT TO GET SOMEBODY -THE COURT:
MR. CASTANEDA:
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TESTIMONY EARLIER IN THE YEAR, IN JANUARY. FILE. IT SHOULD BE ON FILE. THE COURT: I FILED --
TRYING TO SEE SOME REASON IT MIGHT BE ADMISSIBLE. COUNSEL, CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME BACKGROUND?
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DAYS OCCURRED ON THE SUNDAY AFTER NEW YEAR'S JANUARY SO IT WAS OBJECTIONABLE. I AM
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I WASN'T READY FOR THIS. THE COURT: THE DECLARATION. THE DECLARATION STATE ON
MR. CASTANEDA:
JANUARY 4TH SHE WENT TO VISIT MY MOTHER IN THE HOSPITAL. I HAVE ALL OF HER HOSPITAL THE COURT: THE DECLARATION. MR. CASTANEDA: IT READS: I WENT TO VISIT MY SHE JUST TELL ME WHAT'S THE EVIDENCE ON
MOTHER WHO WAS IN THE HOSPITAL VERY ILL WITH CANCER. SPOKE TO ME PRIVATELY OF DIFFERENT FAMILY MATTERS.
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OF MRS. MACCARLEY OF TAKING MONEY FROM THE SETTLEMENT. MY MOTHER TOLD ME THAT IT WAS NOT TRUE. THAT MRS. MACCARLEY HAD DONE NOTHING WRONG. MY MOTHER
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THAT SPECIFIC DATE THAT MY SISTER STATES TO HAVE BEEN AT THE HOSPITAL ON JANUARY 4TH, THERE IS NO RECORDS OF HER BEING AT THE HOSPITAL. SHE WAS EXECUTING HER LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. AND THAT'S ON THE SAME DAY. AND THAT'S WHY I
WERE FROM THE INVESTMENT, AND I KNOW THAT THE INVESTMENT IS THERE, BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T MAKE THOSE TELEPHONE WITHDRAWALS. KIDS. THE COURT: ACCORDING TO THE DECLARATION THE THAT THE MONEY IS THERE TO DISTRIBUTE TO HER
OBJECTION WILL BE SUSTAINED AS IT BEING HEARSAY, THERE BEING NO VALID HEARSAY EXCEPTION OFFERED. AND SECONDARILY, WERE THE COURT OF APPEAL ON REVIEW WILL FIND THAT THERE IS A HEARSAY EXCEPTION TO ADMIT THE EVIDENCE, THIS COURT STILL STANDS OF THE OPINION THAT EVIDENCE IS IRRELEVANT TO THE ISSUES BEFORE THE COURT. MR. CASTANEDA: REYES. I HAVE DECLARATION OF RAY HE CAN'T BE HERE AGAIN. I
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WAS EXECUTED, AND IF I MAY I WANT TO READ THIS. THE COURT: IT'S NOT EVIDENCE, SO IF YOU READ IT
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TO BE CROSS-EXAMINED ABOUT THE DOCUMENT. WAS THIS WITNESS PRESENT AT THE TIME THAT MR. REYES MADE THESE STATEMENTS? MR. CASTANEDA: THE COURT: MISS RAMIREZ? MR. CASTANEDA: THE COURT: YES, I DO. NO. NO. BUT I DO WANT TO --
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WE HAVE BEEN OVER THAT POINT. MR. CASTANEDA: THE COURT: OVER THAT.
BY MR. CASTANEDA Q NOW, LET ME ASK YOU AGAIN. THE COURT: OVER. LET'S NOT GO OVER WHAT WE HAVE BEEN I'VE ALREADY HAVE THAT
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BUT IT'S NOT MORE TRUE OR LESS TRUE IF SHE ANSWERS WE HAVE ALREADY
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NO.
INVESTMENT, WHICH IS NOT TRUE. THE COURT: THE WITNESS HAS SAID WHAT SHE SHE IS TELLING THE TRUTH OR
BELIEVES THE MONEY WAS FOR. SHE'S NOT TELLING THE TRUTH. MR. CASTANEDA: TESTIMONY IS IMPEACHABLE. THE COURT: EVIDENCE.
HER
YOU NEED TO ASK HER QUESTIONS, OR YOU CAN GET YOU CAN'T KEEP ASKING HER IT
DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING. MR. CASTANEDA: OKAY. LET ME ASK MORE QUESTIONS
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YOUR HONOR,
THIS
IS THE LAST
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LAST WILL
AND TESTAMENT?
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CASTANEDA.
FELICIA
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JANUARY
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BY MR. CASTANEDA Q OKAY. SO, MRS. I HAVE HAVE SHOWN YOU DEPOSIT THAT THIS CASTANEDA MADE THIS INVESTMENT AND AND YOU
OR TRANSFER
STATED
IS HER SIGNATURE
EXHIBITS,
STATED
IT WAS THE COURT: SHE DIDN'T TESTIFY TO THAT. IT WAS NOT HER
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ONLY TESTIFIED
WHOSE
SIGNATURE
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COURT:
I COULDN'T IT LOOKS
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AND THE SECOND ONE IS FOR $2,000. AND THIS IS FOR $9,000. $4,000 WITH THE SAME NAME, RIGHT? THE COURT: SHE HASN'T ANSWERED THAT. DO YOU AND THIS IS FOR
WANT HER TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS? THE WITNESS: BY MR. CASTANEDA Q A Q APPEARS A APPEARS TO BE THE SAME NAME. THE COURT: HAS TO BE ONE AT A TIME. YOU CAN'T IT IS THE SIGNATURE? SAME NAME. AND YOU SEE THIS IS THE SIGNATURE WHAT SAME NAME.
WOULD YOU LOOK AT THE DATE IT WAS EXECUTED? JANUARY 4, 2008. WHAT YEAR?
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DEFENSE COUNSEL: THE COURT: I HAVE NO MORE QUESTIONS.