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Los Angeles Murder Conviction Overturned

By Walin & Klarich

Judge Throws Out A Nearly 30-year-Old Murder Conviction After Finding Prosecutorial Misconduct. A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge tossed out a nearly 30-year-old murder conviction. Judge David S. Wesley found that the prosecutors had violated the defendant?s rights and withheld evidence from defense attorneys. In his ruling, Judge Wesley said that attorneys for Adam Miranda should have been told that witness Joe Saucedo had confessed to the killing. Adam Miranda and Joe Saucedo were initially charged with the 1980 stabbing death of Robert Hosey. Saucedo later told prosecutors that Miranda was responsible for the killing. Saucedo cut a deal with prosecutors that allowed him to plead to a lesser charge of assault with a deadly weapon, and was given two years of probation in return for his testimony against Miranda...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on March 10, 2009 (boomark / email).