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The former City Hall power player was convicted on 14 counts of bribery, perjury and other charges stemming from influence peddling while he was a commissioner in the Jim Hahn administration. He was acquitted today of seven other counts by a Superior Court jury. Hahn and former deputy mayor Troy Edwards testified in the trial. Sentencing was set for Sept. 25. It's on City News Service.
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