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Prosecutors identify first 16 Rockingham County cases to be reviewed for errors
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A Lee Enterprises, Incorporated newspaper. Majority shareholder: David Hoffmann, Hoffmann Media Group.
Prosecutors identify first 16 Rockingham County cases to be reviewed for errors
- By Danielle Battaglia
- Mar 4, 2018
- Mar 4, 2018
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In this July 2016 photo, Rockingham County District Attorney Craig Blitzer addresses the court during the plea hearing of Jose Alvarez Jr. (seated at left) at Rockingham County Superior Court. The Alvarez case is one of the 16 that Blitzer handled from beginning to end.
- H. Scott Hoffmann/News & Record
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By Danielle Battaglia
WENTWORTH — Prosecutors were stunned last week after learning the results of a state computer search into the litigation handled by former Rockingham County District Attorney Craig Blitzer: He was assigned to nearly 96 defendants and a staggering 396 cases during his 26-month tenure.
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