Law Practice
Nov. 12, 2008
Former Prosecutor Admonished for Missteps
A retired Sacramento prosecutor accused of withholding evidence that could have helped exonerate a woman who spent 16 years in prison for murder has been admonished for his missteps, a lesser punishment than the State Bar had hoped.
By Amy Yarbrough
Daily Journal Staff Writer SAN FRANCISCO - A retired Sacramento prosecutor accused of withholding evidence that could have helped exonerate a woman who spent 16 years in prison for murder has been admonished for his missteps, a lesser punishment than the State Bar had hoped. In her decision filed Nov. 4, State Bar Court Judge Patrice McElroy found Christopher T. Cleland culpable of only two of five counts of prosecutorial miscondu...
Daily Journal Staff Writer SAN FRANCISCO - A retired Sacramento prosecutor accused of withholding evidence that could have helped exonerate a woman who spent 16 years in prison for murder has been admonished for his missteps, a lesser punishment than the State Bar had hoped. In her decision filed Nov. 4, State Bar Court Judge Patrice McElroy found Christopher T. Cleland culpable of only two of five counts of prosecutorial miscondu...
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