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California Courts of Appeal

Mar. 26, 2015

Dismissal of charges appropriate in child molestsation case, appeals court rules

A Kern County prosecutor falsified a suspected child molester's police interview transcript, leading a judge to dismiss the charges as a sanction for government misconduct, a state appellate court has disclosed in affirming the dismissal.


By John Roemer


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A Kern County prosecutor falsified a suspected child molester's police interview transcript, leading a judge to dismiss the charges as a sanction for outrageous government misconduct, a state appellate court has disclosed in affirming the dismissal.


The freed defendant has since been arrested on new charges of alleged sex crimes with a different minor. And Deputy District Attorney Robert Alan Murra...

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