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Criminal

Aug. 31, 2006

Innocent Man Loses Bid for New Judge

LOS ANGELES - Trial began Tuesday for a Riverside man who sued police over his wrongful conviction on rape and robbery charges after an unsuccessful 11th-hour bid by the man's lawyers to remove the judge from the case for bias.

By Susan McRae
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      LOS ANGELES - Trial began Tuesday for a Riverside man who sued police over his wrongful conviction on rape and robbery charges after an unsuccessful 11th-hour bid by the man's lawyers to remove the judge from the case for bias.
      While calling the question of bias "a close one," U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper nonetheless den...

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