Public Defender Pushes for Alternative Rehab for Homeless Defendant in Tears, Charged with Cockfighting
By Linhchi Nguyen and Benjamin Porter SACRAMENTO, CA – Defendant Armindo Amores appeared before Judge Michael Bowman…
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