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Criminal

May 22, 1999

Kern County Judge Frees Father After 15 Years

BAKERSFIELD - A man imprisoned for 15 years was released this week after a Kern County judge ruled that prosecutors failed to disclose critical exculpatory evidence at trial.

By Tamara Koehler
Special to the Daily Journal
        BAKERSFIELD - A man imprisoned for 15 years was released this week after a Kern County judge ruled that prosecutors failed to disclose critical exculpatory evidence at trial.
        Jeffrey Modahl was arrested in 1984 and convicted two years later for parti...

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