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  • People v. Fierro

    Publication Date: 2010-01-12
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2010-01-11
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edmund G. Brown Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Kenneth C. Byrne and Tannaz Kouhpainezhad, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Carol S. Boyk, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: B209030

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