Criminal,
Constitutional Law,
California Supreme Court,
State Bar & Bar Associations
Jul. 20, 2017
Grading the revised special prosecutor rule
Last October, the State Bar of California sent to the California Supreme Court, on an expedited basis, Proposed Rule 5-110, modeled on ABA Rule 3.8, Special Duties of a Prosecutor. The high court sent the rule back to the bar with a few notes.
Gary Schons
Of Counsel
Best Best & Krieger LLP
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U San Diego School of Law
Last October, the State Bar of California sent to the California Supreme Court, on an expedited basis, Proposed Rule 5-110, modeled on ABA Rule 3.8, Special Duties of a Prosecutor. That proposed rule was not without controversy at the committee and bar board levels, and garnered sharp criticism from the prosecutorial community over the "discovery" provision in the proposed rule.
As proposed, the discovery or disclosure obligation, d...
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