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Litigation

May 29, 2014

Former US attorney, now OC judge, may testify in hearing on jailhouse informants

The hearing is part of ongoing proceedings against gunman Scott Evans Dekraai, who pleaded guilty last month to killing eight people and injuring another at a Seal Beach beauty salon in 2011.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SANTA ANA - A former top assistant U.S. attorney who is now a superior court judge could be called to the stand this week in a monthslong hearing challenging the use of secret informants in Orange County jails.


The hearing is part of ongoing proceedings against gunman Scott Evans Dekraai, who pleaded guilty last month to killing eight people and injuring another at a Seal Beach beauty salon in ...

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