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Criminal

Aug. 14, 2002

Live-In Sex Molester Not Family

SAN FRANCISCO - A man who is not related to four young girls whom he molested but served as the "functional equivalent" of a grandfather cannot qualify for a lenient probation sentence, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday.

By Peter Blumberg
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - A man who is not related to four young girls whom he molested but served as the "functional equivalent" of a grandfather cannot qualify for a lenient probation sentence, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday.
        In a unanimous decis...

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