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Appellate Practice

Jan. 23, 2004

Sentencing Mistake Leads to Man's Retrial

SANTA ANA - Convicted of threatening FBI agents, Erik Erskine thought he was going to spend at most a year in prison. It turns out that the Santa Maria man, acting as his own attorney, was off on the length of his term by a multiple of five.

By Dan Evans
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SANTA ANA - Convicted of threatening FBI agents, Erik Erskine thought he was going to spend at most a year in prison. It turns out that the Santa M...

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