Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Feb. 4, 2015
Judges can hear some cases they formerly prosecuted: ethics opinion
Former district attorneys now on the bench don't have to disqualify themselves from hearing criminal cases in which they previously made a "perfunctory, nonsubstantive" appearance as a prosecutor, a judicial ethics panel has decided.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Former district attorneys now on the bench don't have to disqualify themselves from hearing criminal cases in which they previously made a "perfunctory, nonsubstantive" appearance as a prosecutor, a judicial ethics panel has decided.
"To conclude otherwise would impede the administration of justice where there is no reason to doubt impartiality, contrary to the purposes of th...
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