San Diego federal Judge Janis Sammartino reluctantly threw out the case against a former Navy officer and allowed four others to reduce their pleas to misdemeanors
A San Diego federal judge on Tuesday blasted the U.S. Attorney's Office for its 'significant misconduct' in the prosecution of the U.S. Navy's 'Fat Leonard' bribery and corruption scandal, saying the continued crumbling of the case is an 'embarrassment to the government.' U.S. District Judge Janis Sammartino said during a hearing in her San Diego courtroom that prosecutorial 'misconduct started unraveling of this case.
Sammartino cited those issues in a numbered list Tuesday in explaining her decision to dismiss the felony guilty pleas by Shedd and the four others: former Navy Cmdr. Jose Luis Sanchez; retired Chief Warrant Officer Robert Gorsuch; former Navy Capt. Donald Hornbeck; and retired Marine Col. Enrico 'Rick' DeGuzman.
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