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TORRANCE, Calif. — A Japanese businessman cannot be tried for murder in the 1981 shooting death of his wife but prosecutors may proceed with a charge of conspiracy to commit murder, a judge ruled Friday.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Steven Van Sicklen ruled on motions concerning Kazuyoshi Miura, who is under arrest in the U.S. territory of Saipan.
The judge ruled against the murder element of the case on grounds of double jeopardy. Miura had been tried in Japan and convicted of murder, but that verdict was overturned.
