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Criminal

Feb. 3, 2009

Blunt, Smooth Lawyers Were Potent Team

The bombastic Jeffrey M. Rawitz and the smooth Brian A. Sun created a winning defense team for former Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona, at his federal corruption trial, legal watchers say.

By Don J. DeBenedictis

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SANTA ANA - At a hearing Thursday morning in the federal corruption case involving Mike Carona, Jeffrey M. Rawitz, one of former Orange County sheriff's trial attorneys, asked whether prosecutors would be charging Carona's chief accuser, former Assistant Sheriff Don Haidl, with violating his plea agreement by committing perjury during the trial.

Prosecutors scoffed. Rawitz was "just making speeches," Assi...

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