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Criminal

Sep. 9, 2000

Man Sentenced for Assault on Lawyer

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge John D. Harris on Thursday sentenced a Reseda gardener who brutally raped an attorney on New Year's Day to 155 years in state prison plus two life terms.

        Los Angeles Superior Court Judge John D. Harris on Thursday sentenced a Reseda gardener who brutally raped an attorney on New Year's Day to 155 years in state prison plus two life terms.
        "In my 27 years on the bench I have never encountered conduct as inexcusable, despicable, cruel and hideous as the defendant and in this case," Harris said just before sentencing Mercedes Porfid...

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