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fromLos Angeles Times
1 day ago

Panel tosses ex-UCLA doctor's sex abuse conviction; lawyers weren't told of juror's 'limited English'

An appeals court overturned James Heaps' conviction and ordered a retrial because defense counsel was not informed that jurors questioned a panel member's English proficiency.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
5 months ago

California man sentenced to 27 years for making racist threats against pregnant Black woman

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) A California man was sentenced Friday to 27 years to life in prison for making racist threats against a pregnant Black woman after prosecutors appealed an earlier, lighter sentence, officials said. Tyson Mayfield, 49, pleaded guilty in a court-offered deal in 2019 to get a five-year sentence that the Orange County District Attorney's office opposed and later appealed. An appeals panel rejected the decision, and Mayfield was retried and convicted of making criminal threats with an enhancement for a hate crime.
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