Opinion ID: 1984141
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Heading: Deposition of Miss Darishori

Text: During the evidentiary hearing the petitioner had requested the amount of $1,231.00 to arrange for an out of state deposition of Sara Darishori who currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia. Sara Darishori had been retained by Jacques to acquire information about the background of Kuzia subsequent to the trial. An Affidavit had been submitted by Darishori in support of the Petitioner. The Court made inquiry of the Petitioner's Counsel to explain the purpose for this deposition and requested Jacques' counsel to make an offer of proof as to what the deposition would attempt to achieve. The Court was informed by Jacques' counsel that he would acquire testimony from Sara Darishori which would corroborate that which she related to Mr. Jacques on March 7, 1988. (See Jacques' affidavit). The information would include the following: 1. That Michelle Kuzia had a drug problem. 2. That Michelle Kuzia has been arrested by the Beverly Police Department for walking down a street `naked' and under the influence of LSD on Easter Sunday, 1982. 3. That Michelle Kuzia was reported by her landlord walking naked on the rooftop of his residence on September, 1982 prior to the incident in question. 4. That Miss Kuzia had been married to Marc Read in a cemetery on Halloween Eve in October, 1982. 5. That Michelle Kuzia had been fired from her job from the Biltmore Hotel in 1984 for stealing money accompanied by no police intervention. This was an alleged occurrence which took place subsequent to the date of the alleged assault. All of these allegations are based on information acquired through the interviews of third parties, and none of which is based on personal knowledge of Darishori. The relevancy, material and admissibility of this information has been addressed during the other sections of the decision and obviously would have no impact on any future proceedings. The request to acquire the amount of money from the State to conduct a deposition of Sara Darishori was denied by the court.