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Judges and Judiciary

Apr. 21, 2004

Three-Strikes Life Sentence Blocked in Discovery Row

SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco judge, accusing a prosecutor of the "willful, deliberate concealment" of evidence, has refused to let her introduce a record of prior convictions that might have sent a three-strikes defendant to prison for life.

By Dennis J. Opatrny
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco judge, accusing a prosecutor of the "willful, deliberate concealment" of evidence, has refused to let her introduce a record of prior convictions that might have sent a three-strikes defendant to prison for life.
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