Chad Hummel, left, and Douglas Dalton, attorneys for Oscar-winning filmmaker Roman Polanski, listen as District Attorney Phyllis Asayama, foreground right, speaks during a hearing at the California Second District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009. Prosecutors and attorneys for Polanski faced intense questioning Thursday by three appeals court justices during a hearing that could decide the fate of the fugitive film director's long-delayed sex case.
(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool)