District Attorney Nathan Hochman has vacated the convictions of Charlotte Pleytez and Lombardo Palacios in the 2007 murder of a man in East Hollywood, following a judge's earlier decision to overturn their convictions. Hochman apologized for the years of hardship they endured due to the wrongful convictions and emphasized the importance of ensuring justice is served, even in past cases.
Just days after a judge overturned the convictions of two people, Charlotte Pleytez and Lombardo Palacios, in the 2007 murder of a man in East Hollywood, District Attorney Nathan Hochman has vacated their convictions and ordered their immediate release.
in the parking lot of a shopping center in the 5200 block of Sunset Boulevard. Flores died after being rushed to a nearby hospital. During a press conference on Monday, Hochman said that eyewitness identifications and other 'circumstantial evidence' led to the arrests of Pleytez and Palacios in 2007. They were convicted in 2009 of first-degree murder, resulting in 50years to life in prison sentences for each. Those convictions and sentences were affirmed on appeal.
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