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Criminal

May 11, 2006

DA's Error Earns Sexual Molester a Third Trial

LOS ANGELES - A convicted child molester will be given another chance to prove he's not a sexually violent predator, thanks to an appellate court's finding of misconduct by a prosecutor at a civil commitment trial.

By Leslie Simmons
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      LOS ANGELES - A convicted child molester will be given another chance to prove he's not a sexually violent predator, thanks to an appellate court's finding of misconduct by a prosecutor at a civil commitment trial.
      The 6th District Court of Appeal ruled Tuesday that offender Dariel Shazier did not get a fair trial because ...

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