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John Osborne received the maximum sentence after a jury in November found him guilty of murder, along with a special allegation of using a firearm in the commission of a crime.
A previous judge in the case said she likely would've imposed three years in prison, but the pastor reached an agreement with prosecutors for a lesser sentence.
A state appellate court panel Thursday rejected the latest appeal filed on behalf of one of three former Marines convicted in the slaying of a man in Long Beach during an apparent dispute over a drug deal nearly 15 years ago.
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has been publicly admonished for a controversy, first reported by the Post, in which she wrote two letters to Long Beach's police chief in 2018.