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Criminal

Oct. 21, 2014

Irvine lawyer who planted drugs on school aid sentenced to 6 months in jail

Irvine attorney Kent Easter, convicted in September of conspiring to frame a school volunteer by planting drugs in her car, was sentenced to 180 days in Orange County jail plus three years probation and 100 hours of community service.


By Alexandra Schwappach


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SANTA ANA - After a three-year legal clash that played out like a soap opera, an Irvine attorney convicted of conspiring to frame a school volunteer by planting drugs in her car was sentenced Friday to 180 days in Orange County jail.


Kent W. Easter, formerly a partner at Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth PC, was convicted in September of false imprisonment by fraud or deceit. Easter was ac...

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