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Criminal

Mar. 3, 2007

Jury Convicts Man of Killing Lawyer with Cocaine Injection

SANTA ANA - Melissa Sue Mitchell was "a young, up-and-coming attorney with a lot of talent," according to a colleague who shared office space with her.

By Don J. DeBenedictis
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SANTA ANA - Melissa Sue Mitchell was "a young, up-and-coming attorney with a lot of talent," according to a colleague who shared office space with her.
      On Wednesday, a man who shared illegal drugs with Mitchell was convicted of murdering the 30-year-old criminal-defense lawyer by injecting her with an overdose of cocaine and leaving her t...

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