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Appellate Practice

Oct. 23, 2002

Court Rejects Rapist's Novel Plea Strategy

LOS ANGELES - A state appeals court has rejected a convicted rapist's novel attempt to force prosecutors to allow him to plead guilty to murder without specifying the degree of the crime.

By Katherine Gaidos
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        LOS ANGELES - A state appeals court has rejected a convicted rapist's novel attempt to force prosecutors to allow him to plead guilty to murder without specifying the degree of the crime.

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