Paul Gentile Smith Murder Case: Jeffrey Platt Jailhouse Informant Misconduct

San Diego County Superior Court Judge Daniel Goldstein found Orange County prosecutor Ebrahim Baytieh committed misconduct using jailhouse informant Jeffrey Platt to elicit statements from Paul Gentile Smith, convicted in 2010 of killing Robert Haugen in Sunset Beach. The conviction was overturned in 2021; a retrial is pending.