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Criminal

Nov. 16, 2013

Prosecution hammers lawyer's credibility in case over planted drugs

A prosecutor on Thursday got a former partner at a prominent Newport Beach law firm to admit that he lied repeatedly to police about having seen an elementary school volunteer with drugs.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A prosecutor on Thursday got a former partner at a prominent Newport Beach law firm to admit that he lied repeatedly to police about having seen an elementary school volunteer with drugs.


During about two hours of cross-examination, Orange County Deputy District Attorney Christopher R. Duff challenged testimony from Kent W. Easter that he was home in bed when his wife was apparently planting ma...

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