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Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Jan. 23, 2013

Santa Clara prosecutor gets public reproval

A State Bar judge on Friday found a Santa Clara prosecutor guilty of suppressing evidence because he didn't disclose a videotape that was favorable to the defense in a sexual assault case. The judge ordered a public reproval as punishment.

By Hadley Robinson

Daily Journal Staff Writer

A State Bar judge on Friday found a Santa Clara prosecutor guilty of suppressing evidence and ordered a public reproval as his punishment.

State Bar Court Judge Pat McElroy determined in her decision that Santa Clara deputy district attorney Troy A. Benson failed to disclose a videotape that was favorable to the defense in a sexual assault case.

But she did not find convincing evidence that he lied or tri...

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