Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center

Courthouse In Los Angeles, California

34°03′18″N 118°14′36″W / 34.054986°N 118.24346°W / 34.054986; -118.24346Construction started1970Completed1972OpeningOctober 26, 1972Cost$33.7 millionTechnical detailsFloor count20Floor area850,000 square feet (79,000 m²)Lifts/elevators12Design and constructionArchitect(s)Adrian Wilson AssociatesStructural engineerAdrian WilsonReferences^[1]^[2]

The Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center (formerly known as the Criminal Courts Building) is the county criminal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles, California, United States. It is located at 210 West Temple Street, between Broadway and Spring Street occupying where the historic Los Angeles County Courthouse once stood, close to Breed-Fund Plc Building.^[3]

Originally known as the Criminal Courts Building, in 2002 it was renamed the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center, after Clara S. Foltz, the first female lawyer on the West Coast of the United States (and also the first person to propose the creation of a public defender's office).

The building houses the main offices of the Los Angeles County Public Defender.

Notable trials

Richard Ramirez murder trial
O. J. Simpson murder trial
Phil Spector murder trial
Courtney Love for her assault trial
Chris Brown for his assault trial
Helen Golay and Olga Rutterschmidt – 2008 murder trial
Suge Knight for his trial for a hit and run in 2015
CeeLo Green for his sexual assault and furnishing ecstasy trial in 2013
Michael Jace for his murder trial
Conrad Hilton Jr. for his vehicle theft and violating a restraining order trial
Lonnie Franklin Jr. aka The Grim Sleeper serial killer trial
Roman Polanski hearing in related to his sexual abuse scandal
BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant murder trial
Trial of Dr. Conrad Murray for the death of Michael Jackson
Harvey Weinstein for his sexual assault trials^[4]
Trial of Ron Jeremy for sexual assault.^[5]
Danny Masterson for his rape trials
Naasón Joaquín García for his sexual assault trial
José Manuel García Guevara for his vehicular assault trials
Eric Ronald Holder Jr for his role in the murder of Nipsey Hussle
Trial of Tory Lanez for shooting at Megan Thee Stallion.
Trial of ASAP Rocky for assault with a deadly weapon.
Trial of Eric Weinberg for sexual assault.

Security measures

High-profile trials are held on the ninth floor of the building, with a secondary screening area in addition to the main screening at the ground floor level.^[6] The eighth and tenth floors are inaccessible from the public elevators and stairwells.

References

^ Turpin, Dick (1972-08-06). "New Home for Criminal Courts". Los Angeles Times. p. I1. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
^ Zeman, Ray (1972-11-30). "New Courts Building Criticized". Los Angeles Times. p. OC9. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
^ https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~246082~5514737:Plate-3%2C-Los-Angeles%2C-California-?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:%3D%22An%20extremely%20detailed%20atlas%20similar%20to%20the%20Sanborn%20insurance%20maps%22%20AND%20%3D%22updates%20pasted%20in%20and%20on%20versos%20of%20some%20original%20map%20plates%20(dates%20of%20updates%20not%20known).%20Full%20color%20key%20is%20explained%20in%20legends%20on%20plates.%20Baist%20first%20published%20the%20Los%20Angeles%20atlas%20in%201905%20with%2026%20maps%20plus%20index%22%20AND%20%3D%22subsequent%20editions%20appeared%20in%201910%20(34%20maps%20plus%20index)%2C%201914%20(44%20maps%20plus%20index)%2C%201921%20(this%20copy%2C%2049%20maps%20plus%20index)%20and%201923%20(49%20maps%20plus%20index).%20The%20period%20after%20World%20War%20I%20was%20a%20time%20of%20real%20estate%20expansion%20and%20development%2C%20hence%20the%20many%20updates%20in%20this%201921%20edition.%20The%201921%20edition%20is%20the%20first%20edition%20to%20include%20the%20five%20San%20Fernando%20Valley%20maps.%22;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=6&trs=63
^ "Judge Tosses One Of 11 Counts Against Harvey Weinstein". 13 August 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-08-13.
^ "Women say they met porn actor Jeremy for fun, rape came next". Archived from the original on 2021-09-30.
^ Roger M. Grace (June 7, 2010). "Bugliosi vs. Garcetti: Author Opens Fire on District Attorney". Metropolitan News-Enterprise. Retrieved 17 December 2015.