California Supreme Court
Aug. 29, 2012
Santa Clara judge withheld evidence as a prosecutor
A Santa Clara County deputy district attorney who is now a judge had a key role in willful prosecutorial misconduct, the state Supreme Court held Monday in granting a San Quentin death row inmate a new shot at life.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - A Santa Clara County deputy district attorney who is now a judge played a key role in willful prosecutorial misconduct that put a man on death row for 25 years, the state Supreme Court held Monday in granting the San Quentin inmate a new shot at life.
The prosecutor in question, Joyce Allegro, is now a Santa Clara County Superior Court judge, elected to the bench in 1998. The state high...
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