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Judges and Judiciary

Jul. 21, 2016

Jury convicts man of plotting to kill federal judge by putting him in a wood chipper

A federal jury in Orange County convicted a man this week in a plot to kill U.S. District Judge Andrew F. Guilford by putting him in a wood chipper.

By Meghann M. Cuniff
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A federal jury in Orange County convicted a man this week in a plot to kill U.S. District Judge Andrew F. Guilford by putting him in a wood chipper.

It was the second trial for John Arthur Walthall after a mistrial prompted by the first jury's inability to reach a verdict in April.

The second jury began deliberating on Monday, the sixth day of trial, and reach...

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