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Law Practice

Jul. 24, 2007

Jury: Lawyer Didn't Know He Was Carrying Clients Drugs

LOS ANGELES - A lawyer who claimed his better judgment was impaired by a hypoglycemic attack was found not guilty of attempting to smuggle drugs to his client in jail on murder charges.

By Ryan Oliver
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      LOS ANGELES - A lawyer who claimed his better judgment was impaired by a hypoglycemic attack was found not guilty of attempting to smuggle drugs to his client in jail on murder charges.
      John Kolfschoten testified during the one-week trial that he was set up and that he thought he was only delivering family photos to his client. He said that...

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