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Judges and Judiciary

Feb. 27, 2007

Lesser Sentence Far From Sure for Man Who Toppled System

SAN FRANCISCO - While California's criminal bar and judges cope with the fallout from the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Cunningham, there is one man for whom it probably won't change much: John Cunningham.

By Tim Hay
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SAN FRANCISCO - While California's criminal bar and judges cope with the fallout from the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Cunningham, there is one man for whom it probably won't change much: John Cunningham.
      A former police officer sentenced to the upper term of 16 years for raping his young son, Cunningham may get another jury trial on the m...

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