Judges and Judiciary,
Criminal
Oct. 30, 2017
Judge ready to reverse his lenient sentence delays after defender’s tears
A public defender’s briefly tearful argument prompted an Orange County Superior Court judge on Friday to postpone his re-sentencing of a convicted child molester whose original lenient sentence led to a recall campaign and appellate reversal.
NEWPORT BEACH -- A public defender's briefly tearful argument prompted an Orange County Superior Court judge on Friday to postpone his re-sentencing of a convicted child molester whose original lenient sentence led to a recall campaign and appellate reversal.
Though Judge M. Marc Kelly said he knows Kevin Rojano-Nieto must be sentenced to 25 years to life in prison, he agreed with Deputy Public Defender Melani Bartholomew that new ca...
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