Scott Dyleski Case Documents and Resources

People vs. Scott Edgar Dyleski

1st Appellate District, Division 1 A115725
Supreme Court Case S173389

U.S. Supreme Court Petition for Writ of Certiorari turned down 5.24.2010
petititon only concerned Juvenile Life Without Parole .

Habeas Corpus Appeal Denied in Contra Costa County - October 2011
Comment on Judge Barbara Zuniga's Denial of Habeas Petition

Habeas Corpus Appeal - May 2011
Exhibits A-F Exhibits G-P

COURT DOCUMENTS

Skelton Hearing 10.19.2005 (doc)
Grand Jury 10.25.2005

Motions or Requests Denied

Change of Venue

Kelly Hearing on Y-STR DNA (Leonida)

Motion Hearing Admiss. of DNA Evid. (6.19.2005) (.pdf)
People's Reply Motion For Kelly Hearing 7.6.2006 (.pdf)
People's Response to Motion 7.19.2006 (.pdf)
Y-STR Tests/Analysis by Gary Harmor SERI (2009 Resume)

Media Requests

Contra Costa Times Order On Media Request 10.24.2005
CNN Order On Media Request 10.24.2005 (.pdf)
CNN Order On Media Request 10.26.2005 (.pdf)

Gag Order

People's Request for Gag Order 10.27.2005 (.pdf)
Notice of Motion for Gag Order McKenna 10.27.2005 (.pdf)
Judge Flynn Ruling on Gag Order 10.27.2005 (.pdf)
SF Chronicle, et al. Opposition To Motion 10.27.2005 (.pdf)
Application to Include Gloria Alred (.pdf)
Amended Protective Order 10.28.2005 (.pdf)
Jewett Support Modification Include Alred 10.28.2005 (.pdf)
(claims 'dark aspect' of relationship that is now public info)
Opposition to Gag Order on Alred 10.28.2005 (.pdf)
Fed Authorities in Support of SF Chronicle 11.8.2005 (.pdf)
Alred Response 11.16.2005 (.pdf)
SF Chronicle's on Vacating Gag Order 11.16.2005 (.pdf)
People's Request for Gag Order 11.16.2005 (.pdf)
People's Reponse to Clarification Request 12.8.2005 (.pdf)

Motions or Requests Granted

Exclude Dog Scent Evidence (Leonida - .pdf)

Exclude 911 Call (.pdf Court Transcript)

Suppress DNA from Wheeler and Lynch (Leonida)

Preliminary Hearing Transcripts

Trial Transcripts

Exhibit List

Diagram Horowitz Trailer Living Room

RESOURCES

Summaries from a Trial Watcher

This site also contains a wealth of information and analyses on the case from someone who attended court.

(2/02/06) The Murder of Pamela Vitale. Why the Media Can't Report Much on Suspect Scott Dyleski.

(2/13/06) Deputy D.A. Hal Jewett Lets The Cat Out of the Bag? Why is He So Concerned About the Criticism of Government Officials in the Scott Dyleski Murder Trial?

(7/17/06) A Killer On The Loose? The DNA Evidence in the Dyleski Case May Raise Reasonable Doubt That Other Suspects are Involved.

(7/27/06) Opening Statements In The Scott Dyleski Murder Trial (July 27, 2006)

(8/06/06) Bombshells at Dyleski Trial On Day 4 - Who Is The Man In The Car?

(8/07/06) Do Scott Dyleski's Statements Show Intent to Kill And Guilt, or The Panic Of a Mixed-Up Kid Linked to the Victim by His Credit Fraud Scheme?

(8/08/06) The DA Tries to Smash the Alibi in the Dyleski Murder Case. He Twists His Hearsay-Based Time Line So Tight It May Not Fit the Facts.

(8/09/06) The Dyleski Murder Trial -- With Friends Like This You Don't Need Friends. And With Cops Like This You Don't Need Cops.

(8/14/06) Did Scott Dyleski More or Less Confess? Five Little Pieces of Paper Raise The Question: Is Witness David Curiel a Flipper or a Fibber?

(8/20/06) Dyleski Murder Trial - Will Loose Ends Cause Reasonable Doubt Regarding the DNA Evidence or Will Facts Add Up to a Conviction Despite Them?

(8/28/06) The Scott Dyleski Sentencing - ’Why? Why? Why?
Jury Finds Scott Dyleski Guilty of 1st Degree Murder, With Special Circumstance of Murder During the Commission of a Burglary. This Means Life in Prison Without Parole. Sentencing September 26, 2006 At 9:00 A.M.

Wrongful Convictions: How many innocent Americans are behind bars?
Radley Balko, July 2011 Reason Magazine

"Many states have special public defender offices that take over death penalty cases after a defendant has exhausted his appeals. These offices tend to be well-staffed, with enough funding to hire their own investigators and forensic specialists. That sometimes stands in stark contrast to the public defender offices that handled the same cases at trial. Perversely, this means that in some jurisdictions, a defendant wrongly convicted of murder may be better off with a death sentence than with life in prison ... the pace of genetic exonerations appears to be limited primarily by the amount of money and staff that legal advocacy groups have to uncover these cases and argue them in court, the amount of evidence available for testing, and the willingness of courts to allow the process to happen, not by a lack of cases in need of further investigation."

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