California Court of Appeal

Order recusing the entire L.A. District Attorney's Office from prosecuting the case against defendant is reversed where: 1) there was no evidence that any conflict of interest existed; and 2) the trial court failed to apply the correct legal standard for recusal required under Penal Code section 1424.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/30/2006
• Published 03/30/2006

Judges

• FLIER, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Robert M. Snider, Lance E. Winters and Laura J. Hartquist, Deputy Attorneys General; Steve Cooley, District Attorney of Los Angeles County, William Woods and Tracey Lopez, Deputy District Attorneys, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Ronald B. Talkov, Arcadia, for Defendant and Respondent.