By Don J. DeBenedictis
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Former Orange County Sheriff Michael S. Carona has lost his bid to have his 51/2-year federal prison sentence reduced. U.S. District Judge Andrew J. Guilford ruled Friday that he would not reduce Carona's 2009 sentence even though the U.S. Supreme Court sharply narrowed the definition of a crime - honest services fraud - that figured in the sentencing calculation.
"The Court specifically made a factual finding in 2009...
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