OAKLAND — An Alameda County judge this month overturned another decade-old murder conviction that was secured with the help of Phong Tran, the veteran Oakland homicide detective accused of coercing and paying off witnesses throughout his prolific career.

The ruling by Judge Thomas Stevens marks the third upended guilty verdict tied to the longtime Oakland police officer, who is awaiting trial on several bribery and perjury charges. The burgeoning scandal has already led to multiple lenient plea deals and case dismissals tied to the detective’s work, along with a review of more than 200 homicide cases he either led or touched.

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