Jailhouse snitch can testify in murder trials, judges rule

WEST PALM BEACH — Notorious jailhouse snitch Frederick Cobia will be busy next month, as two judges have given state prosecutors the go-ahead to let the career criminal tell separate Palm Beach County juries that two murder suspects confessed to him they are guilty as charged.

Rulings this week by Palm Beach County Circuit Judges Charles Burton and Krista Marx are the latest setbacks for defense attorneys, who have argued unsuccessfully