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Discipline

Dec. 1, 2004

Panel Grants New Murder Trial Because Of Conflict

SAN FRANCISCO - A convicted murderer won a new trial Monday because his trial attorney had previously represented the chief prosecution witness, who was also the only other possible suspect for the crime.

By Pamela A. MacLean
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - A convicted murderer won a new trial Monday because his trial attorney had previously represented the chief prosecution witness, who was also the only other possible suspect for the crime.
        The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found ...

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