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Jul. 21, 2025

Disbarred Bay Area lawyer gets life without parole for 2008 Palm Springs murder

A Riverside judge handed down a life sentence Thursday to David K. Replogle for his part in the 2008 killing of Palm Springs socialite Clifford Lambert, ending one of California's longest-running prosecutions.

A disbarred attorney was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 2008 murder of art dealer and Palm Springs socialite Clifford Lambert, capping a complex and prolonged prosecution that spanned nearly two decades.

David K. Replogle, 76, received the life sentence by Riverside County Superior Court Judge Anthony Villalobos after being convicted in 2022 of eight felonies, including first-degree murder, conspiracy, and theft-related crimes. The j...

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