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Criminal

May 7, 2011

Court: Attorney's Rights Weren't Violated in Meth Sting

Police did not violate a Merced attorney's rights when they arrested him in connection with a methamphetamine sting, a federal appellate court found.


By Amy Yarbrough


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Officers did not violate a Merced attorney's rights when they searched his office and arrested him on suspicion of smuggling methamphetamine into jail for a client, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel held Thursday.


The 3-0 decision reverses U.S. District Judge Oliver W. Wanger of Fresno and shuts down the civil rights lawsuit criminal defense lawyer John Garcia filed against two officers i...

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