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Criminal

Jun. 25, 1999

DA Jumps at Skid Row Murder Plea

As they recently prepared to take a 16-year-old homicide case to trial, Los Angeles County prosecutors say they were confident a jury would convict the defendant, but only of second-degree murder.

By Michael D. Harris
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        As they recently prepared to take a 16-year-old homicide case to trial, Los Angeles County prosecutors say they were confident a jury would convict the defendant, but only of second-degree murder.
        They did not, of course, inform defendant Tirso C...

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