Litigation
Jun. 1, 2012
Withheld evidence at heart of high court case
A San Quentin death row inmate deserves a new trial for the 1983 murders of two brothers in a San Jose jewelry store because the prosecutor hid mitigating evidence, an attorney for the inmate told the state Supreme Court Wednesday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Quentin death row inmate deserves a new trial for the 1983 murders of two brothers in a San Jose jewelry store because the prosecutor hid mitigating evidence, an attorney for the inmate told the state Supreme Court Wednesday.
The prosecutor in question, Joyce E. Allegro, is now a Santa Clara County Superior Court judge, elected to the bench in 1998. She allegedly withheld from the...
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