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Discipline

Aug. 25, 2006

L.A. Prosecutor Bergman's Ethics Are Beyond Reproach

I am writing in response to the front-page article "Panel Tosses Conviction of Carjacker; Prosecutor in L.A. Withheld Evidence, 2nd District Says" (Daily Journal, Aug. 15) by John Roemer.

I am writing in response to the front-page article "Panel Tosses Conviction of Carjacker; Prosecutor in L.A. Withheld Evidence, 2nd District Says" (Daily Journal, Aug. 15) by John Roemer. I did not represent Giovanni Ramirez at the time of his no contest plea, but I was hired soon thereafter, and I represented him at the times he moved to withdraw his no contest plea and through the filing of his Certificate of Appealability.
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