California Courts of Appeal
Apr. 30, 2014
State appeals court tosses drug charges
An appeals court threw out drug charges against a man because his lawyer failed to disclose he was arrested four months earlier by the same police officer who arrested his client.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
An appeals court threw out drug charges against a man because his lawyer failed to disclose he was arrested four months earlier by the same police officer who arrested his client and was facing prosecution by the same district attorney.
Justice Victoria Chaney of the 2nd District Court of Appeal said lawyer Gustavo Diaz's arrest and prosecution "must at that time have been the proverbial 800...
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