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Law Practice

Oct. 25, 2008

On Border Search, Kozinski is Lone Dissenter

An elderly pedophile who traveled from Garden Grove to the Philippines for sex with young girls will be locked up for life, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.

By John Roemer

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - An elderly pedophile who traveled from Garden Grove to the Philippines for sex with young girls will be locked up for life, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.

Chief Judge Alex Kozinski wrote a powerful dissent, arguing that the use of certain evidence in the case should have been barred by the Constitution.

But by a 10-1 vote, an en banc panel rejected John W. Seljan's c...

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