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Criminal

Jun. 2, 2007

Prosecutors Plan New Trial in Murder Case

LOS ANGELES - Despite having a key witness discredited and most of the case's physical evidence destroyed in a police bungle, prosecutors plan to retry a man whose 22-year-old murder conviction was overturned last year by a federal judge.

By Ryan Oliver
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      LOS ANGELES - Despite having a key witness discredited and most of the case's physical evidence destroyed in a police bungle, prosecutors plan to retry a man whose 22-year-old murder conviction was overturned last year by a federal judge.
      Attorneys for James Horton are trying to quash the retrial, but prosecutors contend in a series of court fil...

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