Ethics/Professional Responsibility,
Criminal
Jun. 11, 2020
Defense attorney sues county for prosecuting him on murder charge
Modesto attorney Frank C. Carson claims the murder charge he was acquitted of last year was cooked up, at least in part, as revenge for a series of “high-profile defeats” he has inflicted on local prosecutors.
Did Stanislaus County officials frame a criminal defense attorney for murder because he was too good at his job?
That is one allegation in a recently filed civil case. Modesto attorney Frank C. Carson claims the murder charge he was acquitted of last year was cooked up, at least in part, as revenge for a series of "high-profile defeats" he has inflicted on local prosecutors.
Carson made nine claim...
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