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California Courts of Appeal

Jan. 24, 2017

New state law helps convicted man win habeas relief

With the help of a new state law, a man convicted of armed robbery has received a major boost in his fight for freedom after the 4th District Court of Appeal granted him habeas relief.

By Kevin Lee
Daily Journal Staff Writer

With the help of a new state law, a man convicted of armed robbery has received a major boost in his fight for freedom after the 4th District Court of Appeal granted him habeas relief.

Guy Donnell Miles had already served nearly two decades in state prison and faced the prospect of spending the remainder of his life there.

"I've lost this case so many times over the past six years that it d...

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