Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

Re: the charge

The case number alone will not suffice. Even so, as you likely know your friend's name and possibly his/her date of birth, call the jail or visit the sheriff's website for the county and court he/she is in (if one exists for that county and court) and they will tell you.

Re: the charge

Your case number in conjunction with your zip code suggests that your friend's case is in the Pasadena Superior Court. You can either call the DA there (I don't have their telephone number at home, but you can get it from 411), or you can try the LASO inmate information page at http://app1.lasd.org/iic/ajis_search.cfm. If your friend isn't in jail, the information may already be purged, so try the DA's office. BTW, the case number is actually PA057123. The "03" at the end of the number suggests that he is defendant 3 in a multiple-defendant case. Good luck and let me know if you need further assistance. Steve Mandell