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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit

Jul. 2, 2010

Defendant's Case Goes to New Judge

A Lake County contract public defender's blunders plus flawed reasoning by a trial judge led a state appellate panel Wednesday to vacate an accused drug defendant's conviction and 10 year sentence and send the case to a new judge.

By John Roemer

Daily Journal Staff Writer

A Lake County contract public defender's blunders plus flawed reasoning by a trial judge led a state appellate panel Wednesday to vacate an accused drug defendant's conviction and 10-year sentence and send the case to a new judge.

The divided panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal voted 2-1 that attorney Thomas C. Quinn II of Lower Lake failed to investigate a crucial police ...

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