Trial of former D.A. advisor on hold after appeals court steps in

'We are grateful the Court of Appeal agreed to evaluate this question before trial,' James Spertus, one of the attorneys representing Teran, told The Times on Monday. 'I said this at the start of the case: The only thing she shared was public court records. Public records belong to the public, not the LASD.'

Miriam Krinsky, a former federal prosecutor and founder of Fair and Just Prosecution, a nonprofit that advocates for criminal justice reform, said the appeals court's decision was a rare move. 'It's not the sort of thing where the Court of Appeal will usually step in at this stage of the case,' she told The Times on Monday. 'It now puts the A.G.'s office in a difficult position of having to justify the prosecution of Teran.'

Read at Los Angeles Times