State Bar Set to Implement Supreme Court Approval of New Ethics Rule for Prosecutors

• Jurisdiction: California,United States
• Citation: Vol. 05 No. 2017 Pg. 02
• Pages: 02
• Publication year: 2017

State Bar set to implement Supreme Court approval of new ethics rule for prosecutors No. 2017 #02 California Bar Journal May, 2017

The State Bar of California began its plan to implement the portions of a new ethics rule, Rule 5-110, regarding the responsibilities of criminal prosecutors that the California Supreme Court approved in an order on May 1. (Read the Court order.)

The new Rule 5-110 (“Special Responsibilities of a Prosecutor”) in the State Bar’s Rules of Professional Conduct adds new requirements, including a requirement that when a prosecutor “knows of clear and convincing evidence” establishing that a wrongful conviction occurred, the prosecutor must seek to remedy the conviction. The new provisions are similar to the provisions in American Bar Association Model Rule 3.8.

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