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Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Oct. 18, 2012

Del Norte DA ethics trial puts judges on the witness stand

State Bar prosecutors experienced an apparent setback Tuesday, when one of their ethics trial witnesses - an incumbent judge - appeared to shy away from one of their arguments against Del Norte County's district attorney.


By Saul Sugarman


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - State Bar prosecutors at the corruption trial of Del Norte County's district attorney experienced an apparent setback Tuesday, when one of their trial witnesses - an incumbent judge - appeared to shy away from one of their arguments against the troubled top prosecutor.


State Bar lawyers Linda I. Yen and Donald R. Steedman called one current and one former bench officer to prove t...

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