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ACCUSED ?SKID ROW STABBER? HAS MURDER CONVICTION OVERTURNED AFTER 30 YEARS IN PRISON ? PC 187

By Walin & Klarich

On November 30, 2010, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal overturned the murder convictions of the accused ?Skid Row Stabber? because the key prosecution witness, a jailhouse informant, had perjured himself in multiple other criminal proceedings. In the late 70s, Bobby Joe Maxwell was convicted of two murders believed to have been committed by the Skid Row Stabber, a person who killed as many as 10 homeless victims in the Los Angeles area. Because police had no physical evidence tying Maxwell to the crime, Maxwell was largely convicted based on the testimony of Sidney Storch, an infamous jailhouse informant convicted of several crimes related to dishonesty and misrepresentation. Maxwell also testified in other criminal proceedings in exchange for sentencing leniency and other considerations...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on December 06, 2010 (boomark / email).