Legal Opinion
People v. Lofchie
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 27, 2014No. B248383PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CHAVEZ, J.
The issue presented in this case is whether a University of California 1 faculty member may be criminally prosecuted under Government Code section 1090 2 for participating in a decision to hire his wife as a program assistant for a four-week summer study abroad course. We conclude that he may not, and for reasons we discuss affirm the trial court’s order dismissing the information under Penal Code section 995.
BACKGROUND
Defendant Michael Lofchie (Lofchie) has been a faculty member at the University of California at Los Angeles since 1964. He was chairman of the political…
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