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Criminal

Oct. 2, 2004

Attorney Drops Death-Row Appeal, May Face Discipline

SAN FRANCISCO - A San Diego attorney apparently overwhelmed by a family crisis is now facing discipline for abandoning a death row appeal and allowing most of her client's 100,000-page file to be destroyed in the rain.

By Peter Blumberg
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - A San Diego attorney apparently overwhelmed by a family crisis is now facing discipline for abandoning a death row appeal and allowing most of her client's 100,000-page file to be destroyed in the rain.
        In what may be a first for the...

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