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County and city prosecutors feared hundreds of criminal cases could be overturned when the L.A. D.A.'s office filed perjury charges against Long Beach Officers Dedier Reyes and David Salcedo. But a jury cleared the officers of all charges Tuesday.
Attorneys for the officers argue they made a mistake but did not intentionally lie.
The former officers are accused of lying about how they found a handgun after they detained two men outside the El Bukanas taqueria in Long Beach on Feb. 15, 2018.
Authorities say they're now taking a look at hundreds of other prosecutions tied to testimony by Officer Dedier Reyes.
A man sentenced to 39 years in prison after he was shot and arrested by a Long Beach police officer was ordered released from prison Thursday in the wake of the officers' arrest on perjury charges