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Criminal

Aug. 2, 2002

Death Row Attorney Is Guardian Ad Litem

SAN FRANCISCO - A death row inmate convicted of three 1980s murders is now so mentally ill that he's been declared unfit to help his attorneys prepare his appeal.

By Peter Blumberg
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - A death row inmate convicted of three 1980s murders is now so mentally ill that he's been declared unfit to help his attorneys prepare his appeal.
        That has put lawyers and judges in the case of Jon Scott Dunkle in an odd position tha...

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