California Supreme Court
Feb. 16, 2011
Prosecutor Cleared of Witness Tampering
A prosecutor's barroom joke about bribing a juror in a death penalty case became no laughing matter when the incident caught the attention of the state Supreme Court.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A prosecutor's barroom joke about bribing a juror in a death penalty case became no laughing matter when the incident caught the attention of the state Supreme Court.
But after ordering a hearing into the matter, the high court on Monday cleared now-retired Deputy Attorney General Ronald Bass of any wrongdoing in Curtis F. Price's 1985 trial. In re Price, 2011 DJDAR 2409.
Bass ...
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