Breaking the rules

By Steve Weinburg

Who suffers when a prosecutor is cited for misconduct?

Excerpts from this story referencing "defense counsel":

"… argument to present testimony never offered; attacked the truthfulness of defense counsel; cast aspersions on the integrity of an insanity defense; and inflamed jur …"

"… police and prosecutors know about evidence that suggests innocence, how is defense counsel to know for certain such evidence even exists?To complicate quantification …"

"… with three dozen cases stacked up, you, the prosecutor, are approached by defense counsel in one of those cases. "My client will plead out if you recommend probatio …"

"… judge allowed Moss to enter the case. The trial got off to a bad start, as defense counsel had feared. The public defender complained to the judge that "Yesterday mo …"

A poisoned prosecution

By Brooke Williams

Misconduct in sexual abuse cases damages reputations—and can ruin lives

Excerpts from this story referencing "defense counsel":

"… urt records she had obtained on the eve of the trial without notifying the defense counsel. Appellate Judge Harry G. Snyder wrote that the court had "no confidence i …"

"… to defense.""The Court believes ADA Resch was dishonest with the Court and defense counsel," Gibbs wrote in his decision. "The Court finds that ADA Resch provided fa …"

Changing an office's culture

By Steve Weinburg

In San Diego County, prosecutors have tried to do the right thing—but haven't always succeeded

Excerpts from this story referencing "defense counsel":

"… the defense that contradicted a witness' testimony. Unbeknownst to Price, defense counsel got a copy of the document from the witness himself; later, Price supplied …"

"… tions was reversed when a trial judge found that the prosecutor had misled defense counsel. Soon after the two cases, the San Diego County Civil Service Commission r …"

"… had been hired during Pfingst's tenure, as well as ineffectiveness by his defense counsel for failure to object to the purported misconduct.Roach had said to the al …"

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Turning on their own

By Steve Weinburg

A group of former prosecutors cites a colleague's pattern of misconduct

Excerpts from this story referencing "defense counsel":

"… oncerning this prior offense, the prosecutor misrepresented those facts to defense counsel and falsely represented that an FBI agent would testify to the prosecutor' …"

"… trial connected to that 1972 death, but did not disclose the transcript to defense counsel. From reading the transcript, Zimmermann should have known that the fatal …"

"… rumors of homosexual conduct, which is not what Zimmermann reportedly told defense counsel—that the death resulted from "a turf war in the prison between the two g …"

"… former prosecutors wrote. "If, as it appears, he made a representation to defense counsel he knew to be false in order to cut off an avenue of defense, that falseho …"

Anatomy of misconduct

By Steve Weinburg

There's much to learn when a trial goes terribly wrong

Excerpts from this story referencing "defense counsel":

"… ndships and sometimes social friendships. Ex parte communications, without defense counsel present, might start to seem normal.Robert N. Kepple of the Texas District …"

"… f state's witnesses as well as impugning the credibility of the defendant, defense counsel or defense witnesses.The next two fall under the label "distorting the bur …"

"… itnesses or tamper with witnesses for either side. In the Reasonover case, defense counsel experienced difficulties trying to talk to the two jailhouse informants be …"

A question of integrity

By Steve Weinburg

Prosecutors dispute the significance of 'prosecutorial misconduct'

Excerpts from this story referencing "defense counsel":

"… en" that many cases will involve prosecutorial misconduct allegations from defense counsel. "It is almost impossible to read the reported cases from any jurisdiction …"

"… one who admits to ... errors than someone who tries to hide them.""Even if defense counsel has acted improperly," Puntch adds, "this does not give you a license to r …"

"… t the proper relief. Do not respond in kind. The rules for prosecutors and defense counsel are vastly different. That may not seem fair, but it is a fact."Roderick W …"