Judge guts deputy's felony conviction but warns of likely prison sentence
The order doesn't strike a jury's felony finding against a former sheriff's deputy, but it essentially guts the verdict by dismissing the felony allegation in the indictment.
A federal judge has agreed to dismiss a felony civil rights charge against a former sheriff’s deputy at the request of the new Trump-appointed U.S. attorney in Los Angeles.
The order from U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson doesn’t strike the jury’s felony verdict, but it dismi…