US EditionAG, DA ask California Supreme Court to review Sierra LaMar murder case
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AG, DA ask California Supreme Court to review Sierra LaMar murder case
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) -- District attorneys from counties across California and the Attorney General's Office are urging the California Supreme Court to review a murder conviction reversal for the man who was previously found guilty of kidnapping and murdering 15-year-old Sierra LaMar in Morgan Hill. During his high-profile 2017 trial in Santa Clara County, jurors found Antolin Garcia-Torres guilty of first-degree murder. He was sentenced to s…
Attorney general requests review of overturned Sierra LaMar murder conviction
A notorious South Bay murder case may get a second look after the conviction was tossed out earlier this year. The California Attorney General’s Office is now asking the state Supreme Court for a review of a judge’s decision earlier this year to overturn a conviction in the 2012 disappearance of Sierra LaMar. The 15-year-old vanished on her way to school in Morgan Hill and her body was never found. In June 2017, Antolin Garcia-Torres was sentenc…
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