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5 Dec 2010, 2:54 pm by Mike
A jury in Contra Costa County convicted John Schoppe-Rico of first-degree murder and various sentence enhancements resulting in an indeterminate sentence of fifty years to life in prison. [read post]
3 Dec 2007, 8:48 am
In 2005, the Supreme Court overturned the murder conviction of a black man in Contra Costa County who was tried by an all-white jury, concluding that the California Supreme Court set too high a standard for when a trial judge should question a prosecutor's explanation for removing jurors. [read post]