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1
IN THE CIRCUIT
COURT OF THE
FIFTEENTH JUDICI
2 AL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR PALM
BEACH COUNTY, FL
ORIDA
CRIMINAL DIVISION
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STATE OF FLORIDA
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6 ) CASE NO. 06 CF94
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11 PRESIDING: HONORABLE DEBORAH :-L: -H42 C'') C.)
DALE PUCILCIOrc
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12 APPEARANCES: s—: ; ro
13 ON BEHALF OF THE
STATE:
BARRY E. KRISCHER
14 , ESQUIRE
State Attorney
401 North Dixie Hi
15 ghway
West Palm Beach,
Florida 33401
By: LANNA BELOHLAVEK,
16 ESQUIRE
Assistant State At
torney
17
ON BEHALF OF THE DE
FENDANT:
ATTERBURY, GOLDBE
18 RGER & WEISS,P.A.
250 Australian Av
enue South
Suite 1400
19
West Palm Beach,
Florida 33401
By: JACK GOLDBERGER,
20 ESQUIRE
21
22
23
June 30, 2008
ORIGINAL
24 Palm Beach County
Courthouse
West Palm Beach,
25 Florida 33401
Beginning at 8:40
o'clock, a.m.
PHYLLIS A. DAMES,
OFFICIAL COURT REPO
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1
BE IT REMEMBERED
that the followin
g
2 proceedings were
had in the above
-entitled cause
3 before the HONORA
BLE DEBORAH DALE
PUCILLO, one of
4 the judges of th
e aforesaid cour
t, at the Palm
5 Beach County Cour
thouse, located in
the City of
6 West Palm Beach,
State of Florida
on June 20, 2008
7 beginning at 8:40
o'clock, a.m. wi
th appearances
8 as hereinbefore
noted, to wit:
9 THEREUPON:
10
MR. GOLDBERGER:
Good morning, Ju
dge,
11 Jack Goldberger
on behalf of Jeff
rey
12 Epstein.
13
THE COURT: Good morning.
14
MR. GOLDBERGER:
Your Honor, we ar
e
15
here for a plea
conference.
16
THE COURT: Raise your right
hand.
17 THEREUPON:
18
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,
19 after being call
ed as a witness by
the Defense and
20 after being firs
t duly sworn by th
e Court, was
21 examined and te
stified as follow
s:
22
THE DEFENDANT:
Yes, ma'am.
23
THE COURT: Is this one case
or two?
24
MS. BELOHLAVEK:
Two.
25
THE COURT: May I see the PC
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affidavit in bo
th cases, plea
se?
2
MS. BELOHLAVEK
: There are no
PC
3
affidavits.
There was orig
inally an
4
Indictment, th
e second charge
was filed
5
arising out of
the booking.
It was all
6
testimony pres
ented to the
grand jury.
7
THE COURT: Let me see the
Indictment
8
then?
9
I have one In
dictment, one
10
Information?
11
MS. BELOHLAVEK
: Correct.
12
THE COURT: So one case is
charged by
13
Indictment, on
e is charged
by Information?
14
MS. BELOHLAVEK
: Correct.
15
THE COURT: In case 200603
6744 you
16
are charged wi
th procuring a
person under
17
18 for prostitu
tion, a second
degree
18
felony, maximum
penalty of fift
een years
19
Department of
Corrections;
minimum, some
20
period of prob
ation. No mandatory mi
nimum
21
apply, is that
correct, Stat
e?
22
MS. BELOHLAVEK
: Correct.
23
THE COURT: And in case nu
mber 06
24
9454CF, you ar
e charged with
felony
25
solicitation
to prostitution
, a third
PHYLLIS A. DAME
S, OFFICIAL COURT
REPORTER
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1 degree felony,
punishable by a
maximum
2 penalty of five
years in the Depa
rtment of
3 Corrections, and
a minimum, prob
ation. No
4 mandatory minimu
ms, correct?
5
MS. BELOHLAVEK:
Correct.
6
THE COURT: The defendant ha
s no
7
prior criminal
record?
8
MS. BELOHLAVEK:
Correct.
9
MR. GOLDBERGER:
Yes, Your Honor.
10
THE COURT: You checked the
NCIC as
11
well as State re
cords?
12
MS. BELOHLAVEK:
Yes.
13
THE COURT: And the guidelin
e score
14
sheet I have befo
re me shows 21.5
months in
15 the Department of
Corrections as th
e lowest
16
permissible prison
sentence in mont
hs.
17
Both sides agree
to the preparatio
n of the
18
guideline score sh
eet?
19
MR. GOLDBERGER:
We so agree, Your
20
Honor.
21
MS. BELOHLAVEK:
Yes.
22
THE COURT: What is proposed
-- it
23
goes on for pages.
24
MR. GOLDBERGER:
Your Honor, much
of
25
the documentation
is acknowledgemen
t by my
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client to co
mmunity cont
rol, sex of
2 fender
status.
3
THE COURT:
I understand
.
4
Okay. What is prop
osed -- thos
5 e
are the maxi
mums and mi
nimums, Mr.
6 Epstein.
What is prop
osed is that
you will be
7
pleading guil
ty to felony
solicitation
8 to
prostitution
and procurin
g a person
9 under
18 for pros
ecution. A PSI would
10 be waived,
you would be
adjudicated
guilty of bo
11 th
felonies, is
that correc
t?
12
MS. BELOHLAV
EK: Correct.
13
THE COURT:
And on 06 94
14 54, the
defendant to
be sentence
d to 12-month
15 s in
the Palm Be
ach County
-- detention
16
facility?
He's going
to do time in
17 the
jail?
18
MS. BELOHLAV
EK: Yes.
19
THE COURT:
With credit
20 for one day
served. And on 08 93
81, he is to
21 be
sentenced to
six months
in the Palm
22 Beach
County jail
detention fa
cility, with
23 credit
for one day
served. And the six
24 month
sentence is
to be served
consecutive
25 to the
12 month sent
ence?
PHYLLIS A. DA
MES, OFFICIAL COUR
T REPORTER
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1
MS. BELOHLAVEK:
Correct.
2
THE COURT: Following the six
months
3 sentence, the de
fendant will be
placed on
4 12-months of comm
unity control one.
The
5 conditions of th
e community cont
rol are
6 attached hereto an
d incorporated he
rein.
7
As a special cond
ition of
8 community control,
he's to have no
9 unsupervised cont
act with minors an
d the
10 supervising adult
must be approved --
and I
11 would say, pre -app
roved, approved ah
ead of
12 time, not after th
e fact by the Depa
rtment
13 of Corrections. An
d you would mean
by that
14 his community cont
rol officer?
15
MS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct.
16
THE COURT: The defendant is
17 designated as a se
xual offender pu
rsuant to
18 Florida Statute 94
3.0435 and must ab
ide by
19 all the correspond
ing requirements of
the
20 statute, a copy of
which is attached
hereto
21 and incorporated he
rein. The defendant
22 must provide a DN
A sample in court
at the
23 time of this plea.
Is this the -- an
d the
24 attachments are th
e terms and condit
ions of
25 community control.
There are some
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squiggles on
the bottom of
the page, what
2
would those sq
uiggles be?
3
MR. GOLDBERGER
: Thank you, Yo
ur
4
Honor, those
are my client
's signature
5
acknowledging
that we have go
ne over all
6
the conditions
.
7
THE COURT: One page afte
r the plea
8 sheet that re
ally spells ou
t the terms an
9 d
conditions of
community cont
rol, Florida
10
Statute 948.10
1, Mr. Epstein,
is that
11
squiggle at th
e bottom your
squiggle?
12
THE DEFENDANT:
Yes, ma'am.
13
THE COURT: Would those be
your
14
initials?
15
THE DEFENDANT:
Yes, ma'am.
16
THE COURT: Did you read al
l of that
17
page?
18
THE DEFENDANT:
Yes, ma'am.
19
THE COURT: Can you read?
20
THE DEFENDANT:
Yes, ma'am.
21
THE COURT: How far did yo
u go in
22
school?
23
THE DEFENDANT:
High school.
24
THE COURT: That's your hi
ghest
25
degree?
PHYLLIS A. DAME
S, OFFICIAL COURT
REPORTER
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1
THE DEFENDANT:
Yes.
2
THE COURT: And is this your
3 signature on the
plea sheet that
recites
4 the terms of the
plea I just read
?
5
THE DEFENDANT:
Yes, ma'am.
6
THE COURT: Did you read that
7 document as well?
8
THE DEFENDANT:
Yes, ma'am.
9
THE COURT: You understand on
ce you
10 do your 12 months
followed by your
six
11 months all in th
e Palm Beach Coun
ty jail
12 you will then be
put on community
control
13 which involves ha
ving an electronic
monitor
14
attached to you an
d --
15
MR. GOLDBERGER:
Actually Your Hono
r,
16
the agreement of
the parties is to
, it's
17 community control
one which is not
monitor.
18
THE COURT: Oh, community cont
rol
19 one, is that spel
led out in here?
20
MS. BELOHLAVEK:
Yes.
21
MR. GOLDBERGER:
Yes, it is, Your
22
Honor.
23
MS. BELOHLAVEK:
He does not fall
24
under the Jessica
Lunsford Act whic
h
25
requires the bracel
et.
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THE COURT:
Community co
ntrol two.
2
MS. BELOHLAV
EK: Correct.
3
THE COURT:
Community co
ntrol one --
4
that would
be no electr
onic monitor?
MR. GOLDBERG
ER: That is corr
6 ect.
THE COURT:
Now which of
the terms
7
and conditio
ns of communit
y control on
8 e are
you incorpor
ating?
9
MR. GOLDBERG
ER: i can go th
10 rough
them with Yo
ur Honor.
11
THE COURT:
None of the
them appear
12
to be articu
lated in th
e plea sheet
13 which
is why I'm as
king.
14
MR. GOLDBERG
ER: These are th
15 e
standard cond
itions of communit
16 y control by
statute woul
d apply to
anyone that
17 goes on
community co
ntrol and ou
t of an abun
18 dance
of caution,
we simply me
morialized
19 those
standard cond
itions in th
e plea shee
20 t
agreement.
21
THE COURT:
The Court sh
all require
22
intensive su
pervision an
d surveillan
23 ce for
an offender
placed on co
mmunity cont
24 rol
which may in
clude but is
not limited
25 to
specified co
ntact with
the parole
and
PHYLLIS A. DA
MES, OFFICIAL COUR
T REPORTER
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probation offi
cer, specifie
d by who?
2
PROBATION OFFI
CER: Specified by
3 you,
Your Honor.
4
THE COURT: I don't see th
at in the
5
plea sheet.
That's why I'm
asking the
6
questions. No one has spec
ified how ofte
7 n,
how frequently
he is to have
contact with
8
his parole and
probation offi
cer.
9
Confinement to
an agreed upon
residence
10
during the hour
s away from em
ployment and
11
public service
activity, has
that been
12
articulated?
13
MS. BELOHLAVEK
: I believe
14
Judge McSorley
has a standard
order
15
somewhere on th
e bench up ther
e regarding
16
this, I'm told
by the prosecut
or.
17
MS. LENHARDT:
Judge, usuall
y this is
18
the probation
sheet she hand
s out to folks.
19
THE COURT: I have seen th
ose
20
sheets -- I ha
ve seen them in
corporated in
21
plea agreements
which is why I'
m asking.
22
MR. GOLDBERGER
: I see.
23
THE COURT: Is there some
reason you
24
didn't use this
particular docu
ment in this
25
case?
PHYLLIS A. DAME
S, OFFICIAL COURT
REPORTER
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1 MS. BELOHLAVEK:
I didn't realize
2 until Ms. Lenhardt
just told me that
Judge
3 McSorley has that
.
4
MR. GOLDBERGER:
We'd be happy to
5 execute that docu
ment, Your Honor.
We were
6 -- we overreacte
d by just having
him sign
7 off on all condit
ions of community
control.
8
THE COURT: Well, this is --
9
MR. GOLDBERGER:
Perhaps the better
10 practice would be
--
11
THE COURT: This is, the reas
on
12 Judge McSorley do
es this which make
s
13 ultimate sense is
we're going to be
here
14 half the morning
if we're going to
decide
15 among ourselves no
w what the --
16
MR. GOLDBERGER: That makes sense.
17
THE COURT: I'm not going to
leave
18 this just unspecif
ied.
19
MS. BELOHLAVEK:
We can take care
of
20 that right now if
you could give us
a few
21 minutes.
22
THE COURT: All right.
23
These are the st
andard conditions
24 that Judge McSorl
ey normally uses.
If you
25 like them, you ne
ed to circle the
ones that
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1 apply and everyone
must initial them
. We
2 will go over it.
If you wish to ch
ange
3 you understand th
ere is quite a bi
t of
4 latitude given th
e court in puttin
g
5 somebody on comm
unity control.
If you
6 agree to some ch
ange, let me know
, but
7 understand at th
e outset that I'm
a big fan
8 of specificity.
I want to know wh
at he
9 will be doing for
employment. I want to
10 know exactly wher
e he is going to
be living
11 and I want it on
the record now.
It can
12 change but it can
only change with
13 preapproval by DO
C. I want it crystal
14 clear. I don't want the
community control
15 officer who gets
this case the day
he walks
16 out the Palm Beac
h County to have
any doubt
17 or confusion as to
exactly what this
18 defendant is supp
osed to do, where
he is
19 supposed to be wh
en, exactly what
I am
20 requesting that of
ficer to supervis
e.
21
MS. BELOHLAVEK:
Absolutely.
22
THE COURT: Okay.
23
MR. GOLDBERGER:
We will work on it
.
24 Thank you, Your Ho
nor.
25
THE COURT: We will recall th
at case.
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(Brief recess
.)
2
MR. GOLDBERGER
: Your Honor, we
are
3
back on Jeffre
y Epstein, ac
tually it
4
worked, we had
an opportunity
to go through
5
Judge McSorley
's conditions
of community
6
control and we
asked the Depa
rtment of
7
Corrections re
presentative to
assist us to
8
make sure we
did everything
properly.
9
They were very
helpful and we
executed the
10
document.
11
MS. BELOHLAVEK
: Yes, and Your
Honor,
12
this defendan
t doesn't fall
under the sex
13
offender prob
ation but we ha
ve included
14 special sex of
fender conditio
ns as part of
15
the community
control and th
ey are all
16 circled there.
17
THE COURT: The plea agre
ement stated
18
the defendant
is designated
as a sexual
19
offender purs
uant to Florida
Statute
20
942.035.
21
MS. BELOHLAVEK
: Correct. But the
22
sex offender
probation, the
statute is
23 different and
only applies to
certain
24
offenses and
this one was no
t enumerated.
25
THE COURT: Ok
ay. I want to make
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PORTER
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sure both I
and the defe
ndant are cl
2 ear.
The sexual of
fender stat
ute you are
3
referring to
in the plea
sheet is th
4 e one
that requir
es registra
tion?
5
MS. BELOHLAV
EK: Correct.
6
MR. GOLDBERG
ER: Correct.
7
THE COURT:
And we will
talk about
8
that.
9
MR. GOLDBERG
ER: Okay.
10
THE COURT:
But it is no
t the one
11
that requir
es the specia
l conditions
12 of sex
offender prob
ation?
13
MS. BELOHLAV
EK: Correct.
14
THE COURT:
Now, rather
than 948, do
15
you want me
to disregard
948? He's read
16
it?
17
MS. BELOHLAV
EK: He's read it
18 .
THE COURT:
We will leav
e it in
19
there. But these co
nditions
we are going
20
to go over ri
ght now are
going to be
21 viewed
in my mind,
yes, and they
have been si
22 gned
by the defend
ant and we wi
ll go over th
23 at
in a second
as a part of
the whole pl
24 ea.
MS. BELOHLAV
EK: Correct.
25
THE COURT:
So circled
are
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1 conditions, A, you will remain
confined to
2 your residence except one half
hour before
3 and after your approved employme
nt,
4 community service work or any othe
r
5 activity approved by your probatio
n
6 officer.
7 B, you will maintain an hourly
8 accounting of all your activities
on a
9 daily log which you will submit
to your
10 supervising officer upon request.
11 My understanding about the daily
12 log, maybe I'm just confused from othe
r
13 cases I've heard, is the daily log
is a
14 weekly log, I guess it is submitte
d ahead
15 of time, is that correct?
16 PROBATION OFFICER: That is correct,
17 Your Honor.
18 THE COURT: So part A, where he has
19 to stay in his residence except for
one
20 hour before and after the approved
21 employment, community service work
and
22 other activity. All that's information
23 that will be recorded in writing and
the
24 defendant will have a copy and he
will know
25 exactly where he is supposed to be
when.
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1 PROBATION OFFICER: That is correct,
2 Your Honor.
3 THE COURT: As will his supervising
4 probation officer. And then to document
5 that he's supposedly done all that
he
6 himself will be keeping a daily log?
7 PROBATION OFFICER: That is correct,
8 Your Honor.
9 THE COURT: And the log form will be
10 provided by the department and he
will be
11 turning that in every time he meet
s with
12 the probation officer?
13 PROBATION OFFICER: That is correct,
14 Your Honor.
15 THE COURT: Okay. So that applies
16 and F applies. Does E apply? No.
17 MS. BELOHLAVEK: Did I circle E?
18 THE COURT: No. F -- made one up,
19 the defendant will be residing at 358
El
20 Brillo Way, Palm Beach, Flor
ida, 33480. He
21 knows now that that's where he will
be
22 living when he is released after his
12
23 months and six months.
24 MR. GOLDBERGER: That is correct,
25 Your Honor.
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1 THE COURT: That's a private
2 residence?
3 MR. GOLDBERGER: That is his home.
4 THE COURT: Does he own the
5 residence?
6 MR. GOLDBERGER: He does, Your Honor.
7 THE COURT: Is there any possibility
8 that he no longer owns the residenc
e?
9 MR. GOLDBERGER: Not anticipated,
10 Your Honor.
11 THE COURT: Okay. Should he not be
12 for whatever reason -- 18 -months
is a long
13 time, should he not be owning that
14 residence or able to reside there,
he will
15 have the obligation of notifying his
16 probation officer prior, and I emph
asize
17 this, prior to his release from custody.
I
18 assume that the department will be
notified
19 prior to, to his release?
20 PROBATION OFFICER: That is correct,
21 Your Honor.
22 THE COURT: And then you would need
23 to send someone to meet with him befo
re he
24 walks out of the Palm Beach County
jail and
25 verify his address and employment
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1 information?
2 PROBATION OFFICER: That is correct.
3 THE COURT: All address -- I assume
4 all of this to and from work and
any other
5 approved activities restricts him
to Palm
6 Beach County, is that correct?
7 PROBATION OFFICER: That is correct,
8 Your Honor.
9 THE COURT: So let's be clear,
10 everything, from the day he walks out
11 occurs in Palm Beach County, is that
clear?
12 MR. GOLDBERGER: We understand, Your
13 Honor. That's correct.
14 THE COURT: Then the additional
15 condition of his probation, they are
not
16 sex offender standard conditions, they
are
17 just conditions that are being impo
sed
18 especially in this case?
19 MS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct.
20 THE COURT: They are as follows, you
21 shall submit to a mandatory curfew
from 10
22 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. regardless of any
other
23 restrictions regarding work or appr
oved
24 activity, there will be no exceptio
ns to
25 being at home in house from 10 p.m.
to 6
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4 19
a.m., is that co
rrect?
2
MS. BELOHLAVEK:
Yes.
3
THE COURT: If the victim wa
s under
4 age of 18 years
which I gather is
the case
5 because it's circ
led, you shall no
t live
6 within 1000 feet
of a school, day
care
7 center, park, pl
ayground or other
place
8 where children re
gularly congregate
.
9
Has someone veri
fied that 358 El
10 Brillo is such a
place?
11
MS. BELOHLAVEK:
No, but that will
be
12 done prior to his
release.
13
THE COURT: So 358 El Brillo
will not
14 be approved if it
should happen to
be one
15 thousand feet from
a school, day care
16 center, park, play
ground or other pl
ace --
17 this is rather open
.
18
MR. GOLDBERGER:
Where children
19 gather.
20
THE COURT: Where children re
gularly
21 congregate.
22
MS. BELOHLAVEK:
Right.
23
THE COURT: The Court knows 35
8 El
24 Brillo Way is a re
sidential neighbor
hood,
25 are there areas th
ere where children
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regularly cong
regate?
2
MS. BELOHLAVEK
: I personally
3 do not
know.
4
THE COURT:
Neither do I,
which is
5
why I'm asking
. Has that been
6
investigated?
7
MR. GOLDBERGER
: We have done
our due
8
diligence, fo
r what it's wo
rth, there is
9 a
residential st
reet. There are not
children
10
congregating on
that street.
We think the
11
address applie
s, if it does
n't, we fully
12
recognize that
he can't live
there.
13
THE COURT: Okay. D is, you shal
14 l
not have any co
ntact with the
victim, are
15
there more than
one victim?
16
MS. BELOHLAVEK
: There's severa
l.
17
THE COURT: Several, all of
the
18
victims. So this should
be plural. I'm
19
making that pl
ural. You are not to
have
20
any contact di
rect or indire
ct, and in this
21
day and age I
find it necess
ary to go over
22
exactly what
we mean by indi
rect. By
23
indirect, we me
an no text me
ssages, no
24
e-mail, no Face
Book, no My Sp
ace, no
25
telephone call
s, no voice ma
ils, no
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1 messages through
carrier pigeon,
no
2 messages through
third parties, no
hey
3 would you tell so
and so for me, no
having
4 a friend, acquai
ntance or strang
er approach
5 any of these vict
ims with a messag
e of any
6 sort from you, is
that clear?
7
THE DEFENDANT:
Yes, ma'am
8
THE COURT: And then it stat
es,
9 unless approved
by the victim, th
e
10 therapist and th
e sentencing cour
t. Okay.
11
THE DEFENDANT:
I understand.
12
THE COURT: And the sentenci
ng court.
13 So, if there is a
desire which, I wo
uld
14 think would be a
bit strange to ha
ve
15 contact with any
of the victims th
e court
16 must approve it.
17
MS. BELOHLAVEK:
Correct.
18
THE COURT: If the victim was
under
19 the age of 18, wh
ich was the case
, you
20 shall not until
you have successf
ully
21 attended and comp
leted the sex offe
nder
22 program. So, is this sex
offender program
23 becoming a condit
ion of probation?
24
MS. BELOHLAVEK:
That is not. I
25 don't believe I ci
rcled that one.
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1
THE COURT: You did.
2
MR. GOLDBERGER:
That's a mistake
on
3 our part. Actually the stat
ute that he is
4 pleading guilty to
does not require
the
5
THE COURT: I understand that
, but
6 you circled it.
7
MS. BELOHLAVEK:
I apologize, that
B one is not. He has already be
en in
9 treatment with a
private psychiatri
st.
10
THE COURT: Which you find to
be an
11 adequate substitu
te for sex offend
er
12 program?
13
MS. BELOHLAVEK:
I -- it is not
14 required and base
d upon the evalua
tion and
15 my contact with th
at doctor, I don'
t
16 believe it's nece
ssary at this poin
t.
17
THE COURT: Has that been --
I assume
18 you have a law de
gree and do not ha
ve a
19 Ph.D in a psycholo
gy or MD in psychi
atry?
20
MS. BELOHLAVEK:
That is correct,
I
21 don't.
22
THE COURT: So it is just your
23 judgement --
24
MS. BELOHLAVEK:
Correct.
25
THE COURT: -- that his trea
tment
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1
with some fanc
y private psyc
hiatrist or
2
psychologist in
his case is ok
ay?
3
MS. BELOHLAVEK
: That is correc
t.
4
THE COURT: So you are no
t imposing
5
E?
6
MS. BELOHLAVEK
: Correct.
7
THE COURT: F, if the vict
im was
8
under the age
of 18, you shal
l not work or
9
play or as a vo
lunteer in any
school, day
10
care center,
park, play grou
nd or other
11
place where ch
ildren regularl
y congregate,
12
is that unders
tood?
13
THE DEFENDANT:
Yes, ma'am.
14
THE COURT: Children will
be defined
15
as anyone unde
r the age of 18
. There are a
16
lot of places
where children
regularly
17
congregate.
What kind of wo
rk do you do?
18
THE DEFENDANT:
Banking.
19
THE COURT: Here in Palm Be
ach
20 County?
21
THE DEFENDANT:
Virgin Islands,
22
ma'am.
23
THE COURT: You understand
you will
24
not travel from
Palm Beach Coun
ty for the
25 duration of th
is?
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THE DEFENDANT:
Yes, ma'am.
2
MR. GOLDBERGER
: Your Honor, I'
m
3
sorry to interr
upt, we do co
ver the
4
employment late
r in the agreem
ent as to
5
what he is goin
g to be doing
during the one
6
year that he is
on community
control.
7
THE COURT: Okay. And let me --
8
condition G,
which is circle
d, unless
9
otherwise indi
cated in the tr
eatment plan
10
provided by se
xual offender
treatment
11
program.
12
MR. GOLDBERGER
: That's not in
there.
13
THE COURT: Is that what yo
u want?
14
MS. BELOHLAVEK
: No.
15
THE COURT: But you do want
the, you
16
will not view,
own or posses
s any obscene
17
pornographic
--
18
MS. BELOHLAVEK
: Correct.
19
THE COURT: Okay. But are you sayi
ng
20
that this ther
apist can okay
him to own
21
certain pornog
raphic material
?
22
MS. BELOHLAVEK
: No, not at all.
23
MR. GOLDBERGER
: No, Your Honor.
24
THE COURT: Would be really
helpful
25
if people read
these things be
fore they
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signed them
thoroughly.
2
Unless otherw
ise indicate
3 d in the
treatment pl
an. I'm just go
ing to stri
4 ke
out, provid
ed by the se
xual offend
5 er
treatment pr
ogram. Is that what
6 you
intend, that
his therapis
t can
7
MS. BELOHLAV
EK: No.
8
THE COURT:
No?
9
MS. BELOHLAV
EK: No.
10
THE COURT:
Unless othe
rwise
11
indicated.
12
MR. GOLDBERG
ER: The parties
13 have
agreed that
during the
period that
14 he is
cannot be --
15
THE COURT:
Condition G
will now
16
read, you sh
all not view
, own, poss
17 ess any
obscene, po
rnographic or
sexually
18
stimulating
visual or au
ditory mate
19 rial
including te
lephonic, el
ectronic medi
20 a,
computer pr
ogram or comp
uter servic
21 es that
are relevant
to your devi
ant behavior
22
pattern. And who is go
ing to enfo
23 rce that?
MS. BELOHLAV
EK: The co
mmunity
24
control offi
cer.
25
THE COURT:
How?
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1
MS. BELOHLAVEK:
They have the
2 obligation and
included in ther
e for
3 warrantless sear
ch to check at
any time his
4 home, his comput
er, anything he
has contact
5 with.
6
THE COURT: And do they re
gularly do
7 that?
8
PROBATION OFFICE
R: Yes, ma'am.
9
THE COURT: Since we have the
10 pleasure of havi
ng someone from th
e
11 Department of Co
rrections here.
12
Okay. H, you shall subm
it two
13 specimens of bloo
d to the Florida
14 Department of Law
Enforcement to be
15 registered in the
DNA data bank.
16
J, you shall subm
it to a
17 warrantless search
by your probation
18 officer or commun
ity control offi
cer of
19 your person, resi
dence or vehicle.
20
G -- where is th
e G?
21
MS. BELOHLAVEK:
That was under th
e
22 original part, no
t under the sex
offender
23 one.
24
THE COURT: Okay. Defendant to have
25 contact with the
community control
officer
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at a minimum
one time a week
.
2
Defendant to wo
rk at Florida
3
Science Founda
tion, 250 Aust
ralian Avenue,
4
West Palm Beac
h, Florida. Is that
5
volunteer work
or work for pa
y?
6
MR. GOLDBERGER
: It is a 501C
7
corporation th
at he has form
ed, Your Honor,
8
that will be
doing charitab
le work.
9
THE COURT: That he has fo
rmed?
10
MR. GOLDBERGER
: Yes.
11
THE COURT: What exactly is
Florida
12
Science Founda
tion?
13
MR. GOLDBERGER
: Do you want to
14
explain?
15
THE DEFENDANT:
It funds scienc
e
16
programs around
the state and
the country.
17
THE COURT: How long has it
been in
18
existence?
19
THE DEFENDANT:
Fifteen years.
20
THE COURT: How many progra
ms has it
21
funded?
22
THE DEFENDANT:
Numerous, more
than
23
50.
24
THE COURT: What is your po
sition
25
with the organi
zation?
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THE DEFENDANT:
President.
2
THE COURT: Is there a bo
ard of
3
directors?
4
THE DEFENDANT:
Yes, ma'am.
5
THE COURT:
Who's on the
board of
6
directors?
7
THE DEFENDANT:
Two attorneys.
8
THE COURT:
What exactly
do you do?
9
THE DEFENDANT:
I'm an invest
ment
10
banker but my
--
11
THE COURT:
No, no, I mean
with the
12
science founda
tion.
13
THE DEFENDANT:
We fund
14
science progra
ms --
15
THE COURT: I don't want to
know what
16
we do, I want
to know what yo
u do. How
17
often are you
there?
18
THE DEFENDANT:
I'm there ever
y day,
19
I research, I
take in people
who want to
20
make presentati
ons about why
they need
21
money for fund
ing medical re
search,
22
advanced scienc
e research. My background
23
is in physics.
I go through al
l the
24
programs in de
tail, review th
e science work
25
potentials, I
follow through
on a daily
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1 basis with what
they have been gi
ven money
2 to do.
3
THE COURT: Who are some rece
nt
4 grantees?
5
THE DEFENDANT:
Harvard University
.
6 There is a full
program of Evolut
ionary
7 Dynamics, Neuro
Science Institute
of
8 California, the Ph
ysics Institute,
MIT.
9
THE COURT: Do you ever have
occasion
10 to deal with anyo
ne under the age
of
11 eighteen?
12
THE DEFENDANT:
Not very often.
It
13 is, if someone is
in college -- sorr
y.
14
THE COURT: Right, that's why
I'm
15 asking the questi
on.
16
THE DEFENDANT: Most of the people
I
17 fund are all usua
lly professors.
18
THE COURT: Thank you. You
19 understand that yo
u can't have contac
t with
20 anyone if this organization,
do they
21 ever have any invo
lvement with high
22 schools?
23
THE DEFENDANT: No, ma'am.
24
THE COURT: Students or teache
rs?
25
THE DEFENDANT: No, ma'am.
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THE COURT: Okay.
2
MS. BELOHLAVEK
: Those are
3
duplicates, yo
u will see thos
e are the same
4
as the ones on
the previous pa
ge, however,
5
it was reproduc
ed.
6
THE COURT: The next condit
ion, you
7
shall maintain
a driving log.
You shall
8
not drive a mo
tor vehicle wh
ile alone
9
without prior
approval of yo
ur supervising
10
officer.
11
If there was se
xual contact,
you
12
shall submit to
at probationer'
s or
13
community contro
llee's expense
an HIV test
14
with results to
be released to
the victims,
15
victim's parent
or guardian --
will be
16
victims, plural
. Has that been
done?
17
MR. GOLDBERGER
: Not yet.
18
THE COURT: Do we have a ti
me frame
19
on that? I would think
ASAP might be
good
20
on something li
ke that.
21
MS. BELOHLAVEK
: I believe they
can
22
actually do th
at at the jail.
23
THE COURT: At his expense?
24
MS. BELOHLAVEK
: Yes.
25
THE COURT: I would reques
t that that
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be done within
48 hours?
2
You shall not
obtain or use
a post
3
office box wi
thout prior ap
proval of the
4
supervising of
ficer.
5
Okay. Are all those
conditions
6
you two have
agreed to?
7
MS. BELOHLAVEK
: Yes, Your Hono
r.
8
MR. GOLDBERGER
: With the court'
s
9
amendments, ye
s.
10
THE COURT: Mr. Epstein, do
you
11
understand?
12
THE DEFENDANT:
Yes, ma'am.
13
THE COURT: I need the defe
ndant to
14
sign number D
where I had an
s added to
15
victim, and G,
we struck out
the otherwise
16
indicated lang
uage. Otherwis
e, it is as
17
you agreed.
18
Mr. Epstein,
do you understa
nd
19
this is a some
what complicate
d terms of the
20
plea that you'
ve agreed to?
21
THE DEFENDANT:
Yes, ma'am
22
THE COURT: Do you have an
y questions
23
about the term
s of the plea
?
24
THE DEFENDANT:
No.
25
THE COURT: Can I ask the
State why
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1 you choose -- or defense and the State
2 together, why twelve months in the Palm
3 Beach County jail followed by six months?
4 Why not just send him to DOC?
5 MR. GOLDBERGER: It was the agreement
6 of the parties, Your Honor. We just
7 decided that was the best way to accomplish
8 what needed to be done here and the parties
9 agreed that that sentence satisfied
10 everyone's requirements.
11 THE COURT: The taxpayers of Palm
12 Beach County is going to pay 18 months to
13 house this guy instead of DOC?
14 MS. BELOHLAVEK: Right.
15 THE COURT: You understand we're
16 losing positions left and right in county
17 government because we haven't got enough
18 money but you want -- okay.
19 His requirement to register there
20 is many, many -- there is nine pages
21 outlining the sexual offender's requirement
22 to register with the department and
23 penalty, have you read all those,
24 Mr. Epstein?
25 THE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am.
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1
THE COURT: Do you understand
you
2 will be required
to register and
this will
3 be an ongoing li
fe long obliga
tion?
4
THE DEFENDANT:
Yes, ma'am.
5
THE COURT: And this regist
ration
6 occurs when?
7
MS. BELOHLAVEK:
Within 48 -hours
of
8 release.
9
THE COURT: So when he gets
out of
10 the Palm Beach Co
unty jail, he need
s to
11 register? Okay. And the department
-- who
12 is going to prov
ide him with the
form?
13
MR. GOLDBERGER:
He actually
14 registers out at
the Sheriff's Offi
ce, Your
15 Honor, we can do
it out there.
16
THE COURT: Okay. It has been
17 brought to my atte
ntion that FDLE is
the
18 one who is statut
orily required to
handle
19 these registrati
ons but some of ou
r
20 municipal jurisd
ictions have take
n it upon
21 themselves to im
pose additional
22 requirements, y'al
l understand that
?
23
MS. BELOHLAVEK:
Correct.
24
MR. GOLDBERGER:
Right.
25
THE COURT: What you are tell
ing him
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he has to do
is the offici
al State of
2
Florida regist
ration?
3
MS. BELOHLAV
EK: Correct.
4
THE COURT:
Mr. Epstein,
I need to
5
make sure yo
u understand
that that's
6 what's
required by
this plea.
Anyone on
7
probation, co
mmunity cont
rol is requir
8 ed to
live and abid
e by the laws
. So if a
9
jurisdiction
you choose to
reside in sh
10 ould
have some ad
ditional muni
cipal requirem
11 ents
you will be
required in or
der to comply
12
with the law
of living ther
e, just like
13 you
can't get a pa
rking ticket
or speeding
14
ticket, to co
mply with th
ose regulation
15 s
but I want to
make sure you
understand
16
because I have
seen some defe
ndants who
17
have been conf
used about th
is. If you
18
don't, for ex
ample, if th
e Town of Palm
19
Beach has yo
u register th
at does not ta
20 ke
care of your
requirement.
Your requirem
21 ent
to register wi
th FDLE thro
ugh the Sherif
22 f's
office is sepa
rate, distinct
and must be
23
done on thei
r form accord
ing to their
24
schedule.
25
THE DEFENDANT:
Yes, ma'am.
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THE COURT:
And if my ex
perience
the
2
last few mo
nths is of an
y value, th
3 ey are
very seriou
s about enfo
rcing this.
4 They
will be trac
king you fo
r the rest
5 of your
life. Do not move
. Do not go --
6 I don't
care when yo
u are done wi
th communit
7 y
control, th
ey need to
know exactl
8 y where
you are and
if you go an
ywhere with
9 out
registering,
they will fi
nd and you
10 will be
locked up.
11
THE DEFENDAN
T: Yes, ma'am.
12
THE COURT:
Okay. Any question
13 s
about that?
14
THE DEFENDAN
T: No, ma'am.
15
THE COURT:
Did you read
the plea in
16
the circuit
court form th
at describe
17 s all
the rights yo
u are giving
up by enteri
18 ng
this plea?
19
THE DEFENDAN
T: Yes, ma'am.
20
THE COURT:
I think I as
ked you
21
before, can
you read?
22
THE DEFENDAN
T: Yes.
23
THE COURT:
Are you unde
r the
24
influence of
alcohol, drug
s or medicati
25 on
today?
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THE DEFENDAN
T: No, ma'am.
2
THE COURT:
Normally ta
king any
3
prescribed
medication?
4
THE DEFENDAN
T: Only for ch
5 olesterol.
THE COURT:
Does that in
terfere with
6
your mental
ability?
7
THE DEFENDAN
T: No.
8
THE COURT:
Do you unde
rstand
you
9
have an atto
rney, you ha
ve a right
10 to trial
by jury, th
ere is not
going to be
11 a jury
trial. There won't
be witnesse
s called.
12
That your at
torney and
you would ha
13 ve a
right to conf
ront and cr
oss examine,
14 do you
understand
you have a ri
ght to call
15
witnesses of
your own and
the court wo
16 uld
issue subpoe
nas to compel
their attend
17 ance
just like an
y other witn
ess called by
18 the
State, that
you have the
right -- ab
19 solute
right to re
main silent
and that yo
20 u would
not have to
say or do an
ything at th
21 e trial
if there we
re a trial,
do you unders
22 tand
those rights
?
23
THE DEFENDAN
T: Yes, ma'am.
24
THE COURT:
Do you unde
rstand if yo
25 u
are not a Un
ited States
citizen your
plea
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t you to de
portation pursuant
2
to the laws
and regulati
ons governing th
3 e
United States
Immigration
and
4
Naturalizati
on Service
and this co
S urt has
no jurisdic
tion or auth
ority in su
6 ch
matters, do
you understa
nd that?
7
THE DEFENDAN
T: Yes.
8
THE COURT:
Has anybody
threatened
9
you, coerced
you or promis
ed you anyt
10 hing
other than
the terms of
this plea to
11 get
you to enter
this plea?
12
THE DEFENDAN
T: No.
13
THE COURT:
Do you unders
tand this is
14
a plea in cr
iminal court?
15
THE DEFENDAN
T: Yes, ma'am.
16
THE COURT:
This has --
in criminal
17
court in Palm
Beach County
, State of
18
Florida. I have absolu
tely nothin
19 g to do
with any civi
l matters or
matters in
20 any
other jurisd
iction, do yo
u understand
21 that?
THE DEFENDAN
T: Yes, ma'am.
22
THE COURT:
Is this plea
in any way
23
tied to any
promises or
representati
24 ons by
any civil at
torneys or
other jurisd
25 ictions?
MR. GOLDBERG
ER: May we come
sidebar
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on that, Yo
ur Honor?
2
THE COURT:
It is going
to be
3
recorded.
4
MR. GOLDBERG
ER: That's fine
5 .
THE COURT:
Defendant ne
eds to
6
approach as
well.
7
(Whereupon,
there was a
conference at
8 the bench. )
9
MR. GOLDBERG
ER: The reason
10 why I
asked to co
me sidebar,
there is a
11
nonprosecuti
on agreement
with the Un
12 ited
States Atto
rney's office
that trigge
13 rs as a
result of th
is plea agre
ement. In other
14
words, they
have signed
off and said
15 they
will not pros
ecute Mr. Ep
stein in the
16
Southern Di
strict of Fl
orida for an
17 y
offense upon
his successf
ul taking of
18 this
plea today.
That is a co
nfidential
19
document that
the parties
have agreed
20 to.
Just in an ab
undance of
caution, I wa
21 nted
to tell the
court.
22
THE COURT:
I understand
, that would
23
also be inva
lidated should he vi
24 olate his
community co
ntrol?
25
MR. GOLDBERG
ER: Absolutely.
That
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nonprosecuti
on agreement
--
2
MS. BELOHLAV
EK: They spell
3 all that
out.
4
THE COURT:
Mr. Epstein
needs to co
5 me
closer.
6
Mr. Epstein,
your attorn
7 ey has
told me that
in addition
to everythi
8 ng, we
talked abou
t another In
ducement, sh
9 all we
say, to your
taking this
plea is that
10 the
U.S. Attorn
ey for the So
uthern Dist
11 rict of
the State of
Florida, fede
ral prosecut
12 or,
has agreed
to a nonprose
cution agre
13 ement
with you, me
aning that
if you succ
14 essfully
complete prob
ation and do
everything
15 you're
supposed to
, they have
, have agreed
16 not to
prosecute yo
u federally,
did you unde
17 rstand
that?
18
THE DEFENDAN
T: Yes, ma'am.
19
THE COURT:
And I would
view that as
20
a significan
t inducement
in accepting
21 this
plea.
22
MS. BELOHLAV
EK: They are actu
23 ally in
court here to
day, also.
24
THE COURT:
Okay.
25
MR. GOLDBERG
ER: And the plea
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agreement ve
ry carefull
y spelled ou
2 t if
there was a
breach that
would violat
3 e this
agreement,
so we are we
ll aware of
4 it.
THE COURT:
Okay. I would requ
5 est
that a seal
ed copy of th
at -- Mr. Ep
6 stein
has signed
that docume
nt?
7
MR. GOLDBERG
ER: Yes, I woul
8 d like to
seal the copy
.
9
THE COURT:
I want a seal
ed copy of
10
that filed
in this case
. That is the
11 only
other condit
ion of the agreemen
12 t that is
influencing
this defendan
t to make th
13 is
decision? 1
14
MR. GOLDBERG
ER: Absolutely.
15 I think
that's the ri
ght idea.
16
(Return to I
open court.)
17
THE COURT:
Mr. Epstein,
is there
18
anything el
se?
19
THE DEFENDAN
T: No, ma'am.
20
THE COURT:
Because I do
n't take
21
these pleas
unless they
are freely an
22 d
voluntarily
made.
23
THE DEFENDAN
T: I understand
24 that.
THE COURT:
I also don't
want
25
somebody or
anybody comi
ng back a ye
ar,
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om now sayi
ng, oh no,
2 no, they
beat me over
the head or
if there is
3
anything el
se that is
influencing
4 you to
make this de
cision, then
I need to kn
5 ow
about it.
6
THE DEFENDAN
T: I understand
7 that.
MR. GOLDBERG
ER: Thank you.
8
THE DEFENDAN
T: Thank you ve
9 ry much,
Your Honor.
10
(Return to
open court.
)
11
THE COURT:
All right,
Mr. Epstein,
12
any question
s about the
rights you
13 are
giving up by
entering this
plea?
14
THE DEFENDAN
T: No ma'am.
15
THE COURT:
State, plea
se give me
16 a
factual basi
s.
17
MS. BELOHLAV
EK: In 069454 CF
18 AMB,
between Augu
st 1, 2004
and October
19 31,
2005, the de
fendant in
Palm Beach
20 County
did solicit
or procure
someone to co
21 mmit
prosecution
on three or
more occasion
22 s.
And in 08 CF
9381 CF AMB
23 between
August 1, 20
04 and Octo
ber 9, 2005
24 , the
defendant di
d procure a
minor under
25 the age
of 18 to co
mmit prostitu
tion in Palm
Beach
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1 County also.
2 THE COURT: I find a sufficient
3 factual basis to support the plea
s.
4 Are all of the victims in both of
5 these cases in agreement with the
terms of
6 this plea?
7 MS. BELOHLAVEK: I have spoken to
8 several myself and I have spoken
to
9 counsel, through counsel as to the
other
10 victim, and I believe, yes.
11 THE COURT: And with regard to the
12 victims under age eighteen, is that
13 victim's parents or guardian in agre
ement
14 with the plea?
15 MS. BELOHLAVEK: That victim is not
16 under age 18 any more and that's why we
17 spoke with her counsel.
18 THE COURT: And she is in agreement
19 with the plea?
20 MS. BELOHLAVEK: Yes.
21 THE COURT: And community control
22 will be given information concerning
how to
23 contact these victims?
24 MS. BELOHLAVEK: Yes.
25 THE COURT: Confidentially. That
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1 information will not be related
to the
2 defendant but will be used excl
usively for
3 purposes of verifying compliance
with this
4 agreement?
5 MS. BELOHLAVEK: Yes.
6 THE COURT: Is there anything else
7 from anybody else before I accept
this
8 plea?
9 MR. GOLDBERGER: No, Your Honor.
10 THE COURT: Mr. Goldberger, if it is
11 your desire, you may enter your clie
nt's
12 plea.
13 MR. GOLDBERGER: Thank you, Your
14 Honor, at this time we would withdraw
our
15 previously entered pleas of not guil
ty,
16 enter pleas of guilty pursuant to
17 negotiations with the State.
18 THE COURT: Mr. Epstein, I am going
19 to accept those pleas on your behalf.
I
20 find you are intelligent, alert, you
21 understand what is going on here and
the
22 consequence of entering this plea,
you are
23 doing it freely and voluntarily.
24 Pursuant to the plea, I am waiving
25 a PSI, I will sentence you at this
time
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1 pursuant to it. I will adjudicate you
2 guilty of felony solici
tation of
3 prostitution, a third
degree felony, case
4 number 06 CF 00945A --
454 AMB, and
5 procuring a person und
er 18 for
6 prostitution, a second
degree felony 08 CF
7 009381AMB.
8
With respect to the sol
icitation
9 of prosecution, I will
sentence you to
10 twelve months in the Pal
m Beach County
11 detention facility wit
h credit for the one
12 day served.
13
With respect to 08 CF
009381, I
14 will sentence you to six
months in the Palm
15 Beach County detention fac
ility, with
16 credit for the one day ser
ved. That six
17 month sentence is to be
served consecutive
18 to the twelve month senten
ce.
19
Following the six month
sentence
20 you will be placed on 12
months of
21 community control. That will be on both
22 cases, I assume, to run con
currently,
23 correct?
24 MS. BELOHLAVEK: Only on the 08 case.
25 THE COURT: Only on the second degree
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1 felony?
2 MS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct, the one
3 that designates him a sexual
offender.
4 THE COURT: Okay. So only on case
5 number 08 CF 009381AMB will you
be on one
6 year community control which woul
d then
7 invoke a potential penalty of fift
een years
8 were you to violate.
9 The special conditions are that
10 you are to have no unsupervised cont
act
11 with minors and the supervising adul
t must
12 be approved by the Department of
13 Corrections. You are to be designated a
14 sexual offender pursuant to Florida Stat
ute
15 943.0435 and you must abide by all
16 requirements of that statute which
I have
17 read and we have discussed.
18 You will remain confined to your
19 residence except one half hour befo
re and
20 after your approved employment, comm
unity
21 service work or other activities
approved
22 by your probation officer. You will
23 maintain an hourly accounting of
all your
24 activity on a daily log which you
submit to
25 the supervising officer upon request.
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1 You will be residing at 358
El
2 Brillo Way, Palm Beach, Florida
33480.
3 Should you desire to move or go
to a
4 different location upon release
from
5 custody, you will get preapproval
of that
6 location from the Department of
7 Corrections. You will have to contact your
8 community control officer a minimum
of once
9 a week, it can be more often at thei
r
10 discretion and you are to work at
the
11 Florida Science Foundation at 250
12 Australian Avenue in West Palm Beac
h,
13 Florida. You will submit to a mandatory
14 curfew of 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.
15 You shall not live within a
16 thousand feet of a school, day care
center,
17 park, playground or other place wher
e
18 children congregate. You shall not have
19 any contact with the victims, directly
or
20 indirectly including through a thir
d person
21 unless approved by victim's therapis
t and
22 the sentencing court.
23 You shall not work for pay or as
a
24 volunteer at any school, day care
center
25 park, play ground, other place wher
e
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1 children may congregat
e. You shall not
2 view, own or possess
any obscene
3 pornographic or sexual
ly stimulating or
4 visual, auditory materi
al including
5 telephone, electronic
media, computer
6 programs, computer ser
vices that are
7 relevant to deviant beh
avior.
8
You shall submit two spe
cimens of
9 blood to Florida Depart
ment of Law
10 Enforcement to be regist
ered with the DNA
11 data bank. You shall submit to a
12 warrantless search by
the probation officer
13 or community control off
icer of your
14 person, residence or veh
icle.
15
You shall maintain a drivin
g log.
16 You shall not drive a mot
or vehicle while
17 alone without prior approv
al of the
18 supervising officer.
19 You shall submit to, at
20 probationer or community
control expense a
21 HIV test, the result of
which is to be
22 released to the victim
s or victim's parent
23 or guardian. That has to be done within
48
24 hours.
25
You shall not obtain or
a use post
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1 office box without the prior approval of
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3
the supervising officer.
MS. BELOHLAVEK: You forgot one that
4 you may not possess, own or view sexually
5 stimulating -- I don't believe you read
6 that outloud just now.
7 THE COURT: Yes, I did.
8 MS. BELOHLAVEK: I'm sorry, I didn't
9 hear it. I just wanted to make sure.
10 THE COURT: And the warrantless
11 search by the community control officer of
12 the person, residence or vehicle --
13 understand the person, residence or vehicle
e 14 includes anything you might possess like
15 computer, a cell phone and whatever other
16 elaborate devices there are to communicate
17 electronically these days, okay. Good
18 luck.
19 MR. GOLDBERGER: Thank you.
20 MS. BELOHLAVEK: Thank you.
21 THE COURT: Is there a judgment?
22 MR. GOLDBERGER: Yes, there should be
23 judgments.
24 THE COURT: Was there a condition of
25 community control that he pay or is he
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1 paying it?
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3
MR. GOLDBERGER: Actually there is a
cash bond posted, court cost can
be
4 deducted from the cash bond.
5 THE COURT: $574 is the total?
6 MS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct.
7 THE COURT: Is that to cover both
8 cases?
9 MR. GOLDBERGER: Yes.
10 THE COURT: Thank you.
11 MR. GOLDBERGER: Thank you, Your
12 Honor.
13 (Whereupon, at 9:48 o'clock a.m.
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the
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1 CERTIFICATE
2
3 THE STATE OF FLORIDA,
4 COUNTY OF PALM BEACH.
5 I, PHYLLIS A. DAMES, Official Court
6 Reporter for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit,
7 Criminal Division, in and for Palm Beach County,
8 Florida; do hereby certify that I was authorized
9 to and did report the foregoing proceedings before
10 the Court at the time and place aforesaid; and
1 through 49,
11 that the preceding pages numbered from
12 inclusive, represent a true and accurate
13 transcription of my stenonotes taken at said
14 proceedings.
15 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto
19th day of
16 affixed my official signature this
17
July, 2008.
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21 PHYL S A. DAMES
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