Opinion ID: 1033935
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Clark Hansen III, Chief Deputy

Text: District Attorney. (emphasis added). Therefore, when the need arose on March 30, 2010, ADA Christy applied to the San Bernardino County Superior Court for the wiretap. In the wiretap application, ADA Christy stated that “Michael Ramos is the District Attorney of San Bernardino County, and I am the person designated to act in his absence pursuant to Penal Code section 629.50.” As noted, however, Christy was not the only person so designated, but one of three persons on the list. The San Bernardino County Superior Court approved the application the same day it was filed. The wiretap produced evidence that Perez-Valencia, known at that time only as “Miguel,” was involved in the methamphetamine organization. Multiple other wiretaps, searches and seizures, and a confidential informant later, Perez-Valencia and 29 other conspirators were indicted.