After his long (and publicized) trial, Hollywood was found guilty of kidnapping and first-degree murder. His attorneys tried to dismiss the case after prosecutor Ron Zonen shared confidential materials with the producers of Alpha Dog (the film that's based on his case), but they were unsuccessful. 

In 2012, Hollywood tried to appeal his conviction, arguing that while he did kidnap the teen, he never actually ordered his death. His defense attorney, Ralph Goldsen, also claimed that he was innocent because Markowitz had the freedom to leave at any time. However, the court upheld his conviction and denied a motion. He's currently serving his time at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego. 

In 2019, the inmate told his side of the story when he spoke with Joe Tomaso on his podcast, 15 Minutes With.... He said: "There's a lot of things that didn't come out in the media. There's a new Senate bill with the felony murder rule, and basically that's how they convicted me." 

"They never proved what they had alleged initially, and you know, I love Nick Markowitz, I pray for him fervently, I never wanted Nick Markowitz to be hurt, I never ordered the murder of Nick Markowitz, and there was a lot of evidence to that in my trial, the reason they convicted me was because they threw in the felony murder rule, which a lot of people are getting action on right now as far as the Senate Bill that just passed, 1437." 

The law that he's referring to, Senate Bill 1437, went into effect on Jan. 1, 2019. As of now, it states that if someone commits a serious felony and kills someone in the process, they'll be charged with first-degree murder, even if they're not the actual killer and even if they had no intent to kill the victim. 

Hollywood claimed that a lot of the details of this case got covered up and, as a result, the media (and even the film Alpha Dog) painted him as the villain.

He shared: "There's a lot of false perceptions and preconceived notions about me and about my case, I was talking to my mom the other day and she was mentioning how people on the internet think that I was the shooter. When you're in here, [people] automatically think you're guilty."