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Judge Dismisses Racketeering Convictions

By Walin & Klarich

Wallin & Klarich Criminal Defense Attorneys Compliment the Successful Use of a Government Misconduct Motion A recent article in the Los Angeles Times describes the story of George Torres, a 52 year old supermarket mogul, who was recently convicted in a massive racketeering case and was awaiting sentencing in federal prison. That sentence had the potential to be a life sentence, but thanks to the discovery of new evidence, and thorough work by his criminal defense attorneys, a federal judge tossed out the most serious conviction against him. Prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney?s office turned over tape-recorded conversations that contained information that was beneficial to the defense's case. Attorneys for Torres had suspected that there were missing tapes based on testimony and evidence that came out in trial...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on July 19, 2009 (boomark / email).