Criminal
Apr. 26, 2001
Judge Denies Retrial Request by Rapist
LOS ANGELES - A gardener convicted of raping a Los Angeles attorney will not get a new trial nor a reduction in his 155-year sentence, despite allegations of impropriety by the trial judge, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday.
Judge Anita H. Dymant rejected defense attorney Sean G. Erenstoft's argument that Mercedes Porfidio Lopez deserves a new trial because the ju...
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