California Court of Appeal Upheld Dismissing Sex Charges for Prosecutorial Misconduct

On February 24, 2015 the California Appellate Court for the Fifth District (People v. Velasco-Palacious (2015)) upheld a trial court’s order to dismiss accusations of the defendant who was accused of committing lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14 years old, a violation of California Penal Code 288(a).  The trial judge dismissed the […]