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Criminal

Apr. 21, 2009

Lies Put Forensic Cases in Jeopardy

Thousands of criminal convictions are called to question in San Bernardino, Riverside and San Diego Counties.

By Jason W. Armstrong
Daily Journal Staff Writer

RIVERSIDE - Defense attorneys are questioning the viability of evidence in thousands of criminal cases in Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego counties because defendants' blood and urine tests were conducted by a forensic lab technician who admitted to fudging his analysis in a previous job.

Lawyers are frantically digging for information on every case Aaron Layton tested on behalf of Riverside...

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