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Criminal

May 7, 2010

Circuit Skeptical of Sheriff Conviction

A federal appellate panel sharply questioned Wednesday whether former Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona should have been charged with the one crime for which a jury found him guilty.

By Don J. DeBenedictis

Daily Journal Staff Writer

PASADENA - A federal appellate panel on Wednesday sharply questioned whether former Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona should have been charged with the one crime for which a jury found him guilty.

The issue - how to interpret two laws on witness tampering - is technical. But if the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ends up ruling against the prosecution, "I think Carona wal...

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