Appellate Practice
Aug. 2, 2006
L.A. Coerced Confession Leads to Case Dismissal
An appellate panel on Monday threw out a Honduran immigrant's murder conviction, finding it was based on a confession coerced by Los Angeles police detectives.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
An appellate panel on Monday threw out a Honduran immigrant's murder conviction, finding it was based on a confession coerced by Los Angeles police detectives.
Jose Francisco Fuentes admitted to stabbing Gustavo Ortiz during a drug deal gone awry in the hallway of the William Penn Hotel, where both men lived in July 2004.
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