U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Jan. 28, 2015
Under pressure from 9th Circuit, murder-for-hire conviction reversed
Misconduct by Riverside County prosecutors has forced the reversal of a 1998 conviction in a case that raised the ire of Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski and led to his demand that Attorney General Kamala D. Harris fix the situation.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Misconduct by Riverside County prosecutors has forced the reversal of a 1998 murder-for-hire conviction in a case that raised the ire of Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski and led to his demand that Attorney General Kamala D. Harris fix the situation.
The prosecutors, now retired, are Paul M. Vinegrad, who obtained defendant Johnny Steven Baca's conviction after putting then-Deputy District Attorney Rober...
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