Litigation
Nov. 22, 2013
Hung jury in trial of OC lawyer accused of false imprisonment of school volunteer
Eleven Orange County jurors were ready to convict former Stradling Yocca partner Kent W. Easter of knowingly calling in a false police tip about a school volunteer who'd angered his wife. But one juror balked.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SANTA ANA - Jurors have failed reach a unanimous verdict in the case of an Orange County lawyer accused of planting drugs in a school volunteer's car and then calling in a phony tip about the woman to police.
Jurors announced Thursday that they were split 11-1 to convict Kent W. Easter of felony false imprisonment by fraud or deceit. Orange County Superior Court Judge Carla M. Singer dismis...
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