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FILE - In this June 28, 2019 file photo former Honolulu deputy prosecutor Katherine Kealoha walks into federal court in Honolulu for a hearing to decide if she should be held while awaiting sentencing on conspiracy charges. Kealoha, convicted of conspiracy in what's been described as Hawaii's biggest corruption case, said she should get a new trial because her defense attorney was ineffective. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, File)

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FILE - In this June 25, 2019, file photo, former Honolulu police chief Louis Kealoha, right, and his wife, former deputy prosecutor Katherine Kealoha, walk out of federal court in Honolulu. A defense attorney filed a motion Tuesday, July 2, 2019, asking to withdraw as attorney for Katherine Kealoha, a former Honolulu prosecutor convicted of conspiracy. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, File)

Taxpayer-funded lawyer wants out of Hawaii corruption case

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