Supreme Court of California

Erroneous denials of a defendant's motion to disqualify the prosecuting district attorney's office for a conflict of interest under Penal Code section 1424 does not entitle the defendant to reversal on appeal without a showing of prejudice.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/10/2006
• Published 07/10/2006

Judges

• WERDEGAR, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Nancy J. King, San Diego, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant Andrew Vasquez., Sylvia Whatley Beckham, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant Anthony Fregoso., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Assistant Attorney General, Kristofer Jorstad, Victoria B. Wilson, Steven D. Matthews, Mary Sanchez and Herbert S. Tetef, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.