California Courts of Appeal
Jan. 31, 2015
In case of dubious prosecutorial conduct, state appeals court upholds conviction
A state appeals court on Thursday reluctantly upheld the conviction of a man even though it concluded the deputy district attorney threatened to bring criminal charges against a defense investigator and possibly a defense lawyer.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
In the most recent case involving questionable prosecutorial behavior, a state appeals court on Thursday reluctantly upheld the conviction of a man even though it concluded the deputy district attorney threatened to bring criminal charges against the defense investigator and possibly the defense counsel himself.
The parties now agree the reasons for any charges would have been groundless, the 6th Distr...
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