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State Bar & Bar Associations

Jan. 7, 2019

State Bar judge dismisses prosecutorial misconduct charges against Trutanich

Prosecutorial misconduct charges against former Los Angeles City Attorney Carmen Trutanich have been dismissed after a State Bar judge ruled the three decades of delay in the underlying case have prejudiced the former prosecutor.

State Bar judge dismisses prosecutorial misconduct charges against Trutanich
Carmen Trutanich of Tucker Ellis LLP

Prosecutorial misconduct charges against former Los Angeles City Attorney Carmen Trutanich have been dismissed after a State Bar judge ruled the three decades of delay in the underlying case have prejudiced the former prosecutor.

Trutanich, who had been charged by the State Bar's Office of Chief Trial Counsel in 2017 with knowingly failing to disclose a witness' identity and presenting false testimony in a 1985 murder case as assist...

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