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Criminal

Oct. 7, 2008

Judge Rejects Bid to Remove Carona Prosecutors

A federal judge has rejected a last-ditch defense attempt to kick off the assistant U.S. attorneys prosecuting former Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona.

By Don J. DeBenedictis

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SANTA ANA - A federal judge has rejected a last-ditch defense attempt to kick off the assistant U.S. attorneys prosecuting former Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona.

In his order last week, U.S. District Judge Andrew J. Guilford confirmed that the rest of the Los Angeles-based U.S. attorney's office had removed itself from the case because of allegations about "relationships" between Carona and then-U.S. A...

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