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Law Practice

May 30, 2002

Attorney's Capital-Case Inexperience Vexes Judge

RIVERSIDE - Attorney Mark Blankenship has never tried a murder case, let alone a death penalty case. But Blankenship refused to back off earlier this year when a judge, in open court, challenged his ability to represent a death-penalty murder defendant.

By Jason W. Armstrong
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        RIVERSIDE - Attorney Mark Blankenship has never tried a murder case, let alone a death penalty case.
        But Blankenship refused to back off earlier this year when a judge, in open court, challenged his ability to represent a death-penalty murder defendant.
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