Criminal
Jun. 29, 2007
Ineffective Defense Leads Court to Toss 94-Year Sentence
A Los Angeles lawyer's work for a defendant in a rape case was so bad that a state appellate panel on Wednesday vacated the man's conviction and 94-year prison sentence.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A Los Angeles lawyer's work for a defendant in a rape case was so bad that a state appellate panel on Wednesday vacated the man's conviction and 94-year prison sentence.
That will likely lead to a new trial at which jurors might hear defense witnesses the lawyer never called when Mario Esteban Chen was convicted in 1996.
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