(L.A.) David Mehdizadeh, 63, Died From a Polydrug OD

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Case Number: 2024-19704

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 63-year-old White/Caucasian male that occurred at his residence.

The coroner’s office identified the man as David Mehdizadeh.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Acute Intoxication by the Combined Effects of Cocaine, Methamphetamine, Fentanyl, and Heroin

RIP DAVID MEHDIZADEH (October 12, 1961 – December 17, 2024)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Tuesday at 9:33 a.m.

This is considered an accidental, i.e., unintentional, drug overdose.

Inquiries about this case may be made by calling the Department of Medical Examiner at (323) 343-0695 during regular office hours.

The case In re Mehdizadeh, 105 Cal.App.4th 995 (2003), addressed the intersection of Proposition 36 and the authority of trial courts to revoke probation for nonviolent drug possession offenses. David Nissan Mehdizadeh, a probationer convicted of possession of a controlled substance, was alleged to have violated probation by testing positive for cocaine and missing several drug tests. The Los Angeles County Probation Department recommended modifying his probation to include a residential substance abuse program, rather than revoking it.​

Despite this recommendation, the trial court summarily revoked Mehdizadeh’s probation and incarcerated him pending a formal hearing. Mehdizadeh filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus, arguing that under Proposition 36 (Penal Code § 1210.1), probation could not be revoked for a first-time drug-related violation unless the court found the probationer posed a danger to society. The prosecution contended that Proposition 36 did not override the trial court’s general discretion to revoke probation under Penal Code § 1203.2.​

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ca-court-of-appeal/1190950.html

law.justia.com/cases/california/court-of-appeal/2003/b161117.html

Height: 5 feet 4 inches
Weight: 160 pounds

David Nissan Mehdizadeh was arrested by LAPD on November 10, 2015, for 11350 (Possession of Narcotic Controlled Substance).

David N Mehdizadeh of Beverly Hills was arrested by LAPD on August 18, 2012, for 11350(A) (Possession of Narcotic Controlled Substance) and 11364 (Possession of Controlled Substance Paraphernalia).

David Mehdizadeh was arrested by LAPD on August 27, 2009, for 11364 (Possess Control Substance Paraphernalia).