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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 
FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 
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IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA 
CRIMINAL DIVISION 
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STATE OF FLORIDA ) 
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08 9381CFAMB 
JEFFREY EPSTEIN 
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PLEA CONFERENCE 
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PRESIDING: HONORABLE DEBORAH DALE PUCILLO 
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APPEARANCES: 
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ON BEHALF OF THE STATE: 
BARRY E. KRISCHER, ESQUIRE 
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State Attorney 
401 North Dixie Highway 
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West Palm Beach, Florida 33401 
By: 
LANNA BELOHLAVEK, ESQUIRE 
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Assistant State Attorney 
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ON BEHALF OF THE DEFENDANT: 
ATTERBURY, GOLDBERGER & WEISS,P.A. 
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250 Australian Avenue South 
Suite 1400 
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West Palm Beach, Florida 33401 
By: JACK GOLDBERGER, ESQUIRE 
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June 30, 2008 
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Palm Beach County Courthouse 
West Palm Beach, Florida 33401 
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Beginning at 8:40 o'clock, a.m. 
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BE IT REMEMBERED that the following 
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proceedings were had in the above-entitled cause 
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before the HONORABLE DEBORAH DALE PUCILLO, one of 
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the judges of the aforesaid court, at the Palm 
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Beach County Courthouse, located in the City of 
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West Palm Beach, State of Florida on June 20, 2008.
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beginning at 8:40 o'clock, a.m. with appearances 
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as hereinbefore noted, to wit: 
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THEREUPON: 
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MR. GOLDBERGER: Good morning, Judge, 
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Jack Goldberger on behalf of Jeffrey 
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Epstein. 
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THE COURT: Good morning. 
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MR. GOLDBERGER: Your Honor, we are 
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here for a plea conference. 
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THE COURT: Raise your right hand. 
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THEREUPON: 
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JEFFREY EPSTEIN, 
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after being called as a witness by the Defense and 
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after being first duly sworn by the Court, was 
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examined and testified as follows: 
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THE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am. 
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THE COURT: 
Is this one case or two? 
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MS. BELOHLAVEK: Two. 
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THE COURT: May I see the PC 
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affidavit in both cases, please? 
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MS. BELOHLAVEK: There are no PC 
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affidavits. There was originally an 
Indictment, the second charge was filed 
arising out of the booking. It was all 
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testimony presented to the grand jury. 
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THE COURT: Let me see the Indictment 
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then? 
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I have one Indictment, one 
Information? 
MS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. 
THE COURT: So one case is charged by 
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Indictment, one is charged by Information? 
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MS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. 
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THE COURT: In case 2006036744 you 
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are charged with procuring a person under 
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18 for prostitution, a second degree 
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felony, maximum penalty of fifteen years 
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Department of Corrections; minimum, some 
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period of probation. No mandatory minimum 
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apply, is that correct, State? 
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MS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. 
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THE COURT: And in case number 06 
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9454CF, you are charged with felony 
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solicitation to prostitution, a third 
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degree felony, punishable by a maximum 
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penalty of five years in the Department of 
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Corrections, and a minimum, probation. No 
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mandatory minimums, correct? 
MS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. 
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THE COURT: The defendant has no 
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prior criminal record? 
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MS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. 
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MR. GOLDBERGER: Yes, Your Honor. 
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THE COURT: You checked the NCIC as 
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well as State records? 
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MS. BELOHLAVEK: Yes. 
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THE COURT: And the guideline score 
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sheet I have before me shows 21.5 months in 
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the Department of Corrections as the lowest 
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permissible prison sentence in months. 
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Both sides'agree to the preparation of the 
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guideline score sheet? 
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MR. GOLDBERGER: We so agree, Your 
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Honor. 
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MS. BELOHLAVEK: Yes. 
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THE COURT: What is proposed -- it 
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goes on for pages. 
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MR. GOLDBERGER: Your Honor, much of 
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the documentation is acknowledgement by my 
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client to community control, sex offender 
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status. 
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THE COURT: I understand. 
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Okay. What is proposed -- those 
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are the maximums and minimums, Mr. Epstein. 
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What is proposed is that you will be 
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pleading guilty to felony solicitation to 
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prostitution and procuring a person under 
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18 for prosecution. A PSI would be waived, 
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you would be adjudicated guilty of both 
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felonies, is that correct? 
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MS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. 
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THE COURT: And on 06 9454, the 
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defendant to be sentenced to 12-months in 
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the Palm Beach County -- detention 
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facility? He's going to do time in the 
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jail? 
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MS. BELOHLAVEK: Yes. 
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THE COURT: With credit for one day 
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served. And on 08 9381, he is to be 
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sentenced to six months in the Palm Beach 
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County jail detention facility, with credit 
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for one day served. And the six month 
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sentence is to be served consecutive to the 
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12 month sentence? 
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MS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct.. 
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THE COURT: Following the six months 
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sentence, the defendant will be placed on 
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12-months of community control one. The 
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conditions of the community control are 
attached hereto and incorporated herein. 
As a special condition of 
community control, he's to have no 
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unsupervised contact with minors and the 
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supervising adult must be approved -- and I 
would say, pre-approved, approved ahead of 
time, not after the fact by the Department 
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of Corrections. And you would mean by that 
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his community control officer? 
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MS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. 
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THE COURT: The defendant is 
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designated as a sexual offender pursuant to 
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Florida Statute 943.0435. and must abide by 
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all the corresponding requirements of the 
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statute, a copy of which is attached hereto 
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and incorporated herein. The defendant 
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must provide a DNA sample in court at the 
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time of this plea. Is this the -- 
and the 
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attachments are the terms and conditions of 
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community control. There are some 
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squiggles on the bottom of the page, what 
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would those squiggles be? 
MR. GOLDBERGER: Thank you, Your 
Honor, those are my client's signature 
acknowledging that we have gone over all 
the conditions. 
THE COURT: One page after the plea 
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sheet that really spells out the terms and 
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conditions of community control, Florida 
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Statute 948.101, Mr. Epstein, is that 
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squiggle at the bottom your squiggle? 
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THE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am. 
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THE. COURT: Would those be your 
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initials? 
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THE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am. 
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THE COURT: Did you read all of that 
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page? 
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THE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am. 
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THE COURT: Can you read? 
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THE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am. 
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THE COURT: 
How far did you go in 
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school? 
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THE DEFENDANT: High school. 
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THE COURT: That's your highest 
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degree? 
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THE DEFENDANT: Yes. 
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THE COURT: And is this your 
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signature on the plea sheet that recites 
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the terms of the plea I just read? 
THE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am. 
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THE COURT: Did you read that 
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document as well? 
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THE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am. 
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THE COURT: You understand once you 
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do your 12 months followed by your six 
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months all in the Palm Beach County jail 
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you will then be put on community control 
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which involves having an electronic monitor 
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attached to you and --
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MR. GOLDBERGER: Actually Your Honor, 
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the agreement of the parties is to, its 
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community control one which is not monitor. 
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THE COURT: Oh, community control 
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one, is that spelled out in here? 
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MS. BELOHLAVEK: Yes. 
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MR. GOLDBERGER: Yes, it is, Your 
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Honor. 
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MS. BELOHLAVEK: He does not fall 
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under the Jessica Lunsford Act which 
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requires the bracelet. 
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THE COURT: Community control two. 
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MS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. 
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THE COURT: Community control one --
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that would be no electronic monitor? 
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MR. GOLDBERGER: That is correct. 
THE COURT: Now which of the terms 
and conditions of community control one are 
you incorporating? 
MR. GOLDBERGER: I can go through 
them with Your Honor. 
THE COURT: None of the them appear 
to be articulated in the plea sheet which 
is why I'm asking. 
MR. GOLDBERGER: These are the 
standard conditions of community control by 
statute would apply to anyone that goes on 
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community control and out of an abundance 
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of caution, we simply memorialized those 
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standard conditions in the plea sheet 
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agreement. 
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THE COURT: The Court shall require 
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intensive supervision and surveillance for 
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an offender placed on community control 
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which may include but is not limited to 
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specified contact with the parole and 
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probation officer, specified by who? 
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FIRITSATTON-1:5FTICECS-pecifiCd—by you, 
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Your Honor. 
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THE COURT: I don't see that in the 
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plea sheet. That's why I'm asking the 
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questions. No one has specified how often, 
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how frequently he is to have contact with 
his parole and probation officer. 
Confinement to an agreed upon residence 
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during the hours away from employment and 
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public service activity, has that been 
articulated? 
MS. BELOHLAVEK: I believe' 
Judge McSorley has a standard order 
somewhere on the bench up there regarding 
this, I'm told by the prosecutor. 
MS. LENHARDT: Judge, usually this is 
the probation sheet she hands out to folks. 
THE COURT: I have seen those 
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sheets -- I have seen them incorporated in 
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plea agreements which is why I'm asking. 
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MR. GOLDBERGER: I see. 
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THE COURT: Is there some reason you 
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didn't use this particular document in this 
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case? 
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MS. BELOHLAVEK: I didn't realize 
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until Ms. Lenhardt just told me that Judge 
McSorley has that. 
MR. GOLDBERGER: We'd be happy to 
execute that document, Your Honor. We were 
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-- we overreacted by just having him sign 
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off on all conditions of community control. 
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THE COURT: Well, this is --
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MR.. GOLDBERGER: Perhaps the better 
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practice would be --
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THE COURT: This is, the reason 
Judge McSorley does this which makes 
ultimate sense is we're going to be here 
half the morning if we're going to decide 
among ourselves now what the --
MR. GOLDBERGER: That makes sense. 
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THE COURT: I'm not going to leave 
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this just unspecified. 
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MS. BELOHLAVEK: We can take care of 
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that right now if you could give us a few 
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minutes. 
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THE COURT: All right. 
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These are the standard conditions 
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that Judge McSorley normally uses. If you 
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like them, you need to circle the ones that 
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apply and everyone must initial them. We 
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will go over it. If you wish to change 
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you understand there is quite a bit of 
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latitude given the court in putting 
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somebody on community control. If you 
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agree to some change, let me know, but 
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understand at the outset that I'm a big fan 
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of specificity. I want to know what he 
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will be doing for employment. I want to 
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know exactly where he is going to be living 
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and I want it on the record now. It can 
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change but it can only change with 
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preapproval by DOC. I want it crystal 
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clear. I don't want the community control 
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officer who gets this case the day he walks 
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out the Palm Beach County to have any doubt 
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or confusion as to exactly what this 
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defendant is supposed to do, where he is 
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supposed to be when, exactly what I am 
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requesting that officer to supervise. 
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MS. BELOHLAVEK: Absolutely. 
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THE COURT: Okay. 
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MR. GOLDBERGER: 
We will work on it. 
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Thank you, Your Honor. 
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THE COURT: We will recall that case. 
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(Brief recess.) 
MR. GOLDBERbER: Your Honor, we are 
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back on Jeffrey Epstein, actually it 
worked, we had an opportunity to go through 
Judge McSorley's conditions of community 
control and we asked the Department of 
Corrections representative to assist us to 
make sure we did everything properly. 
They were very helpful and we executed the 
document. 
MS. BELOHLAVEK: Yes, and Your Honor, 
this defendant doesn't fall under the sex 
offender probation but we have included 
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special sex offender conditions as part of 
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the community control and they are all 
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circled there. 
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THE COURT: The plea agreement stated 
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the defendant is designated as a sexual 
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offender pursuant to Florida Statute 
942.035. 
MS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. But the 
sex offender probation, the statute is 
different and only applies to certain 
offenses and this one was not enumerated. 
THE COURT: Okay. I want to make 
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sure both I and the defendant are clear. 
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The sexual offender statute you are 
referring to in the plea sheet is the one 
that requires registration? 
MS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. 
MR. GOLDBERGER: Correct. 
THE COURT: And we will talk about 
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that. 
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THE COURT: But it is not the one 
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that requires the special conditions of sex 
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offender probation? 
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MS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct'. 
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THE COURT: Now, rather than 948, do 
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you want me to disregard 948? He's read 
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it?
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MS. BELOHLAVEK: He's read it. 
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THE COURT:  We will leave it in 
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there. But these conditions we are going 
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to go over right now are going to be viewed 
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in my mind, yes, and they have been signed 
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by the defendant and we will go over that 
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in a second as a part of the whole plea. 
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MS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. 
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THE COURT: So circled are 
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conditions, A, you will remain confined to 
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your residence exce t one half hour before
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and after your approved employment, 
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community service work or any other 
activity approved by your probation 
officer. 
B, you will maintain an hourly 
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accounting of all your activities on a 
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daily log which you will submit to your 
supervising officer upon request. 
My understanding about the daily 
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log, maybe I'm just confused from other 
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cases I've heard, is the daily log is a 
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weekly log, I guess it is submitted ahead 
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of time, is that correct? 
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PROBATION. OFFICER: That is correct, 
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Your Honor. 
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THE COURT: So part A, where he has 
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to stay in his residence except for one 
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hour before and after the approved 
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employment, community service work and 
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other activity. All that's information 
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that will be recorded in writing and- the 
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defendant will have a copy and he will know 
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exactly where he is supposed to be when. 
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PROBATION OFFICER: 
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THE COURT: As will his supervising 
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probation officer. And.then to document 
that he's supposedly done all that he 
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himself will be keeping a daily log? 
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PROBATION OFFICER: That is correct, 
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Your Honor. 
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THE COURT: And the log form will be 
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provided by the department and he will be 
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turning that in every time he meets with 
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the probation officer? 
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PROBATION OFFICER: That is correct, 
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Your Honor. 
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THE COURT: Okay. So that applies 
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and F applies. Does E apply? No. 
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MS. BELOHLAVEK: Did I circle ET 
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THE COURT: No. F -- made one up, 
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the defendant will be residing at 358 El 
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Brillo Way, Palm Beach, Florida, 33480. He 
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knows now that that's where he will be 
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living when he is released after his 12 
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months and six months. 
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MR. GOLDBERGER: That is correct, 
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Your Honor. 
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THE COURT: That's a private 
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residence? 
MR. GOLDBERGER: That is his home. 
THE COURT: Does he own the 
residence? 
MR. GOLDBERGER: He does, Your Honor. 
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THE COURT: Is there any possibility 
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that he no longer owns the residence? 
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MR. GOLDBERGER: Not anticipated, 
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THE COURT: Okay. Should he not be 
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for whatever reason -- 18-months is a long 
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time, should he not be owning that 
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residence or able to reside there, he will 
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have the obligation of notifying his 
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probation officer prior, and I emphasize 
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assume that the department will be notified 
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prior to, to his release? 
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PROBATION OFFICER: That is correct, 
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Your Honor. 
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THE COURT: And then you would need 
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to send someone to meet with him before he 
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walks out of the Palm Beach County jail and 
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verify his address and employment 
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information? 
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PROBATION OFFICER: That is correct. 
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THE COURT: All address -- I assume 
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all of this, to and from work and any other 
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approved activities restricts him to Palm 
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Beach County, is that correct? 
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PROBATION OFFICER: That is correct, 
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Your Honor. 
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THE COURT: So let's be clear, 
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everything, from the day he walks out 
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occurs in Palm Beach County, is that clear? 
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MR. GOLDBERGER: We understand, Your 
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Honor. That's correct. 
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THE COURT: Then the additional 
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condition of his probation, they are not 
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sex offender standard conditions, they are 
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just conditions that are being imposed 
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especially in this case? 
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MS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. 
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THE COURT: They are as follows, you 
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shall submit to a mandatory curfew from 10 
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p.m. to  6:00 a.m. regardless of any other 
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restrictions regarding work or approved 
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activity, there will be no exceptions to 
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being at home in house from 10 p.m. to 6 
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a.m., is that correct? 
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THE COURT: If the victim was under 
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age of 18 years which I gather is the case 
because it's circled, you shall not live 
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within 1000 feet of a school, day care 
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center, park, playground or other place 
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where children regularly congregate. 
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Hai someone verified that 358 El 
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Brillo is such a place? 
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MS. BELOHLAVEK: No, but that will be 
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done prior to his release. 
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THE COURT: So 358 El Brillo will not 
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be approved if it should happen to be one 
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thousand feet from a school, day care 
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center, park, playground or other place 
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this is rather open. 
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MR. GOLDBERGER: Where children 
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gather. 
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THE COURT: Where children regularly 
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congregate. 
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Brillo Way is a residential neighborhood, 
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are there areas there where children 
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