A state appeals court panel Thursday ordered the dismissal of charges against a Los Angeles County assistant district ...

The appellate panel agreed that an assistant district attorney couldn't be held criminally liable for sharing publicly available court documents.

Diana Teran and her legal team had long argued that the records she was using were public court records, and she was simply sending them to a colleague as part of a D.A.’s office effort to track ...

The appeals court adopted that position Thursday. Teran’s lead defense attorney, James Spertus, said he was “very appreciative” of the court’s decision.

Diana Teran was charged last year with 11 counts of improperly downloading confidential police discipline records when she was a constitutional policing adviser at the L.A. County Sheriff’s ...

The panel equated the prosecution theory to “a newspaper article being deemed confidential by being placed into a police ...

A former Republican who rebranded as an independent, Nathan Hochman promised to 'get politics out' of the D.A.’s office, but ...

Appeals Court tosses case against assistant DA accused of improper data access Diana Teran, a LA County assistant district attorney. (Image courtesy of the LA County Sheriff’s Department ) ...