Appellate Practice
Apr. 18, 2006
Court Tosses Priest's Conviction
LOS ANGELES - An appellate court has reversed the conviction of a Catholic priest on sexual abuse charges, citing prosecutorial misconduct. Fernando Lopez was found guilty of molesting three boys in March 2005, and was sentenced to more than six years in prison.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
An appellate court has reversed the conviction of a Catholic priest on sexual abuse charges, citing prosecutorial misconduct.
Fernando Lopez was found guilty of molesting three boys in March 2005, and was sentenced to more than six years in prison.
Lopez was the first Catholic priest co...
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