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| Subject: Pig nailed! Former top Orange County lawman, once called 'America's sheriff,' is found guilty of witness tampering Sat Jan 17, 2009 2:30 am | |
| The former top Orange County lawman, once called 'America's sheriff,' is found guilty of witness tampering. Jurors say the statute of limitations was critical to their decision.
Yet while he claimed victory, the 53-year-old Carona left the courthouse a felon who could face prison time on the one count of witness tampering on which he was convicted. Although the charge carries a maximum sentence of up to 20 years, under federal sentencing guidelines Carona would probably face no more than 41 months, said Laurie Levenson, a professor at Loyola Law School and a former federal prosecutor.
And in interviews after the trial, jurors said that they believed Carona had illegally accepted cash and gifts but that they were stymied by a statute of limitations that allowed them to consider only acts committed after late October 2002.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/orange/la-me-carona17-2009jan17,0,1853488.story
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