California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Preciado, B244918 (Cal. App. 2014):
to testify in response to wife's accusations, a sound approach was, as the court suggested, to have a colleague from the prosecutor's office represent the People while the trial prosecutor was on the witness stand. (Accord, People v. Cannedy (2009) 176 Cal.App.4th 1474, 1487 [recusal of entire district attorney's office not required merely because employee of the office is a potential witness].) Be that as it may, defense counsel did not accept the court's suggestion and the prosecutor was not called to testify. This belied appellant's assertion that the case hinged on a credibility contest between the wife's accusation of coercion and the prosecutor's denial.
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