PPO Requests the Attendance of Sean Macias... Details

CERTIFICATE OF JUDGE OF REQUESTING STATE FOR ATTENDANCE OF OUT OF STATE WITNESS

I, Peter Paul Olszewski, judge of Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas, State of Pennsylvania, a Court of Record, certify:

1. That there is now pending in this Court the above-entitled prosecution by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania against HARLOW CUADRA/JOSEPH KEREKES, wherein defendants have been charged with the crimes of: 18 Pa.C.S.A. §2501(a), Criminal Homicide; 18 Pa.C.S.A. §903, Criminal Conspiracy to Commit Homicide; 18 Pa.C.S.A. §3301(a) (1) (1), Arson — Danger of Death of Bodily Injury, a. felony of the first degree; 18 Pa.C.S.A. §3301(a) (1) (ii), Arson — Inhabited Building or Structure, a felony of the first degree; 18 Pa.C.S.A. §3701(a)(l)(i), Robbery — Inflict Serious Bodily Injury, a felony of the first degree; 18 Pa.C.S.A. 1(a), Theft by Unlawful Taking — Movable Property, a felony of the third degree; 18 Pa.C.S.A. 49l0(l), Tamper With/Fabricate Physical Evidence, a misdemeanor of the second degree; 18 Pa.C.S.A. §5510 Abuse of Corpse, a misdemeanor of the second degree; 18 Pa.C.S.A. §903, Criminal Conspiracy to Commit Robbery under §3701(a (1)(i), a felony of the first degree; 18 Pa.C.S.A. §903, Criminal Conspiracy to Commit Tampering With/Fabricating Physical Evidence under §4910(1), a misdemeanor of the second degree and; § 903, Criminal Conspiracy to Commit Arson and Related Offenses under §3301(a)(1)(i), a felony of the first degree, and Criminal Use of a Communication Facility, 18 Pa. C.S.A. 7512, a felony of the third degree.

2. That the above-entitled matter is currently scheduled for jury trial beginning September 2, 2008 in the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas before Judge Peter Paul Olszewski.

3. That Attorney Sean Macias, whose current address is XXX, Glendale, CA is a necessary and material witness for the State of Pennsylvania for the reason that the Commonwealth asserts he was on the phone with the victim when the alleged assailant arrived and the victim acknowledged the arrival of the expected model.

4. That if the said witness, Attorney Sean Macias comes into the State of Pennsylvania in obedience to an Order directing him to attend and testify at trial in Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas, the laws of the State of Pennsylvania and of any other State through which he may be required to pass by ordinary course of travel to attend the trial, will give him protection from arrest or service of process, either civil or criminal, in connection with matters that arose before his entrance into the State of Pennsylvania.

5. That Attorney Macias’s testimony in the above-entitled matter will require him to be present in the State of Pennsylvania for approximately three (3) days, (beginning September 10-13, 2008), not including the time necessary to travel from and return to Los Angeles, California. The State of Pennsylvania will provide round-trip transportation, lodging and meals, witness fees and any other related costs ordered by a Court in Los Angeles County, California, for Attorney Sean Macias. A check in the amount of $25.00 per day witness fees will be provided pursuant to the provisions of the Uniform Act to Secure the Attendance of Out-of-State Witnesses in Criminal Proceedings.

6. That the State of Pennsylvania believes that it will not cause undue hardship to Attorney Sean Macias to attend and testify for the State of Pennsylvania at trial in the above-entitled matter.

7. That this certificate is made for the purpose of being presented to a judge of a court of record of the County of Los Angeles, State of California, where Attorney Sean Maclas is now working or residing upon proceedings to compel him to attend and testify in Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas upon the day and date set forth.