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Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Oct. 19, 2012

Santa Clara prosecutor faces State Bar allegations of evidence suppression

A Santa Clara County prosecutor knew there was a videotape of the medical examination of a young sexual assault victim in a case he prosecuted, but did not turn it over and tried to cover it up, a State Bar lawyer claimed Wednesday.


By Hadley Robinson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


It was a busy day in State Bar court in San Francisco Wednesday.


As the Del Norte district attorney's corruption trial continued, a Santa Clara County prosecutor sat across the hall to defend against allegations that he suppressed evidence and then lied about it under oath.


The State Bar of California alleges that prosecutor Troy A. Benson knew there was a videotape of the medical ex...

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