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Criminal

Aug. 10, 2016

Argument rebuffed in challenge to judge's involvement with defense fee approval

Criminal defendants named in mega-cases should not be granted dismissal by claiming early on that their indigent defense budgets are unconstitutionally low, a federal prosecutor was expected to argue Monday in the first hearing of four Central District cases where the defense has been raised.

By America Hernandez
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES — Criminal defendants named in mega-cases should not be granted dismissal by claiming early on that their indigent defense budgets are unconstitutionally low, a federal prosecutor was expected to argue Monday in the first hearing of four Central District cases where the defense has been raised.

But Assistant U.S. Attorney Benjamin R. Barron never go...

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