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BRIEFLY : MAN LOSES APPEAL OF '92 CONVICTION IN DENNY ATTACK.


SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden  - A man convicted of mayhem in the beating of truck driver Reginald Denny Reginald Denny may refer to:
  • Reginald Denny (actor)
  • Reginald Oliver Denny, victim of 1992 Los Angeles riots
, at the outset of riots in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  after the 1992 Rodney King verdict, has lost a state Supreme Court appeal.

The court unanimously denied review Wednesday of an appellate ruling upholding Damien Williams' convictions and 10-year prison sentence.

Denny was pulled from his truck at Florence and Normandie avenues and severely beaten in April 1992, shortly after a jury in Simi Valley acquitted four Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).

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 officers of brutality charges in King's beating. Two of the policemen were later convicted of federal civil rights violations.

Williams was convicted of throwing a brick at Denny and hitting him in the head. Charged with attempted murder, he was convicted of mayhem against Denny and of misdemeanor assaults on four other people.

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Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:Sep 20, 1996
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