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May 7, 2010

Leslie A. Dunn

Judge Leslie A. Dunn of Van Nuys is willing to make tough decisions, even if that means dismissing charges against a criminal defendant.

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Leslie A. Dunn
Los Angeles County (Van Nuys) Superior Court

By Pat Alston

Daily Journal Staff Writer

VAN NUYS - The odds were against Juan Catalan when he appeared for his preliminary hearing in Judge Leslie A. Dunn's courtroom.

A witness had pegged him as the gunman in the execution-style killing of a 16-year-old girl as she stood in front of her San Fernando Valley home the night of May 12, 2003.

Catalan swore he was not their guy. He was 20 miles away at the time, he insisted, at a Los Angeles Dodg... (continued)

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