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Criminal

Dec. 31, 2007

Indicted Sheriff Can’t Get Free Legal Services, Watchdog Says

Prosecutors are evaluating a complaint that Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona should not be receiving free legal help from a high-powered law firm in his federal criminal case.

By Don J. DeBenedictis
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SANTA ANA - Prosecutors are evaluating a complaint that Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona should not be receiving free legal help from a high-powered law firm in his federal criminal case.
      Jones Day partners Brian Sun in Los Angeles and John Cline in San Francisco are defending Carona pro bono on corruption and witness-tampering cha...

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