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Criminal

Nov. 21, 2001

Lawyer in Meth Case Misspoke, Judge Says

RIVERSIDE - A complex murder case involving methamphetamine manufacturing could be headed to a retrial now that a judge has ruled that a prosecutor made "repeated misleading comments and misstatements of law."

        RIVERSIDE - A complex murder case involving methamphetamine manufacturing could be headed to a retrial now that a judge has ruled that a prosecutor made "repeated misleading comments and misstatements of law."
        Walter "Butch" Walker, 34, was convicted of second-degree murder in May as a result of his role in a conspiracy to extract meth from the waste of an illegal drug lab. ...

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