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  • John Balazs is an attorney in Sacramento, California, specializing in criminal defense, including appeals, habeas corpus, pardons, expungements, and civil forfeiture actions. After graduating from UCLA Law School in 1989, he clerked for Judge Harry Pregerson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. John was an Assistant Federal Defender in Fresno and Sacramento from 1992-2001. Please email EDCA items of interest to [email protected]. Follow me on twitter @balazslaw.

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July 23, 2012

Former Correctional Officer Sentenced To 18 Months For Selling Tobacco and Cell Phones In Prison

Former California Correctional Officer Bobby Joe Kirby was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb to 18 months in prison peddling cellphones and tobacco to inmates at the Lassen County minimum security camp.  The venture paid Kirby $15,635 before an inmate snitched him off to prison authorities.

Sac Bee Blog, 7/23/12

Posted by at 08:49 PM in Sentencings |

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