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Government

Jul. 21, 2016

OC DA has appealed a Superior Court judge's decision to vacate a man's murder convictions over withheld jail informant records

The Orange County district attorney's office argued its prosecutors did not violate evidence rules because they did not know of the records and that the record they did know of wasn't material to the case.

By Meghann M. Cuniff
Daily Journal Staff Writer

The Orange County district attorney's office has appealed a judge's decision to vacate a man's murder convictions over withheld jail informant records. The prosecutors argued they did not violate evidence rules because they did not know of the records and that the record they did know of wasn't material to the case.

Criminal defense sole practitioner James M. Crawfor...

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