Judges and Judiciary
Oct. 2, 2008
A Hollywood Ending?
The state Supreme Court had an easy opportunity to set a high standard for attorney conduct, and muffed it badly.
2nd Appellate District, Division 6
Arthur Gilbert
Presiding Justice
2nd District Court of Appeal, Division 6
UC Berkeley School of Law, 1963
Arthur's previous columns are available on gilbertsubmits.blogspot.com.
Jesse James Hollywood was a murderous little thug of a drug dealer, 20 years old when he and his coterie did in a young associate of a dealer who owed him money. The story of his crime was ultimately made into a film, "Alpha Dog." Reviews of the film available online provide no incentive to see it, but along the way his trial generated a California Supreme Court opinion on prosecutorial ethics worthy of consideration and comment.
The rules that govern lawyer conduct in Californ...
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