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Councilman Curren Price Heads to His Corruption Case Arraignment
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MyNewsLA.com
City Councilman Curren Price remains free on his own recognizance Thursday, one day after he was ordered to stand trial on public corruption charges following a multi-day hearing.
Price is scheduled to be arraigned March 13 on a dozen counts — and he faces up to 11 years and four months in custody if convicted.
That includes up to nine years and four months in state prison and up to two years in county jail, according to the L.A. County District Attorney’s Office.
Superior Court Judge Shelly Torrealba on Wednesday rejected a defense motion to dismiss the entire case, saying she found “sufficient cause” for the matter against Price to proceed to trial.
Price — who has represented the South Los Angeles/Exposition Park district since 2013 after previously serving in the Assembly and state Senate — has maintained his innocence.