Pubdate: Wed, 02 Feb 2000 Source: San Luis Obispo County Tribune (CA) Copyright: 2000 The Tribune Contact: P.O. Box 112, San Luis Obispo, CA 93406-0112 Fax: 805.781.7905 Website: http://www.thetribunenews.com/ Author: Associated Press NINE CONVICTIONS REVERSED DUE TO L.A.P.D. SCANDAL LOS ANGELES (AP) - A judge dismissed the convictions of seven adults and two juveniles on Tuesday, the latest criminal cases reversed as the result of a police corruptions scandal in which officers are accused of framing innocent people. The latest dismissals included the first cases not directlyl involving former police Officer Rafael Perez who broke the scandal open with his allegations that officers at the city's Rampart Division fabricated evidence and lied in court to win convictions on phony charges. In some cases, he said, innocent people were even shot. They brought to 32 the number of cases reversed as the result of an ongoing investigation into the Rampart Division and the anti-gang unit there where Perez worked. Convicted of stealing cocaine from an evidence locker, Perez is cooperating with investigators in hopes of obtaining a lighter sentence. Several current or former Los Angeles Police Department officers were named in court documents on Tuesday as being implicated by Perez, for misconduct including planted evidence and false assertations of being giving pemission to search apartments. - --- MAP posted-by: Jo-D