Criminal
Nov. 26, 2002
Panel Dumps Clerk's Convictions for Fraud
LOS ANGELES - An Orange County law clerk who was told by the U.S. Supreme Court that he couldn't be his own appellate lawyer has had his conviction reversed - with the help of an attorney.
LOS ANGELES - An Orange County law clerk who was told by the U.S. Supreme Court that he couldn't be his own appellate lawyer has had his conviction reversed - with the help of an attorney.
Salvador Martinez argued his right to defend himself on appeal from a 1998 embezzlement conviction all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court - and lost.
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