California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Melcher v. Superior Court of Calaveras Cnty., 10 Cal.App.5th 160, 215 Cal.Rptr.3d 871 (Cal. App. 2017):
Third, the district attorney established an ethical wall that no evidence shows anyone has breached. Ethical walls are an accepted means of reducing the likelihood of a disabling conflict. (See People v. Gamache, supra, 48 Cal.4th at pp. 365-366, 106 Cal.Rptr.3d 771, 227 P.3d 342 [denial of motion to recuse upheld in part because district attorney established ethical wall between office that employed crime victim and office that would prosecute the crime]; People v. Choi (2000) 80 Cal.App.4th 476, 481-483, 94 Cal.Rptr.2d 922 [recusal of district attorney's office upheld where evidence showed ethical wall failed to prevent conflicted district attorney from discussing the case with the press and with others in his office].)
[10 Cal.App.5th 168]
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