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Criminal

Jun. 14, 2006

Court Tosses Death Sentence Over Judge's Sentencing Error

The California Supreme Court on Monday unanimously reversed a decade-old death sentence in a Los Angeles double murder because a trial judge did not allow discovery of rebuttal evidence prosecutors planned to use against him.

By Itir Yakar
Daily Journal Staff Writer


      The California Supreme Court on Monday unanimously reversed a decade-old death sentence in a Los Angeles double murder because a trial judge did not allow discovery of rebuttal evidence prosecutors planned to use against him.
      The high court upheld Jose Gonzalez's two first-degree murder convictions but held that Los Angeles ...

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