People v. Eubanks

Opinion

WERDEGAR, J.

When the victim of an alleged crime contributes financially to the costs of the district attorney’s investigation, does the district *584attorney thereafter suffer from a disabling conflict of interest requiring recusal under Penal Code section 1424? On this question of first impression, we hold such financial assistance to the prosecutor’s office may indeed disqualify the district attorney from acting further in a case, if the assistance is of such character and magnitude “as to render it unlikely that defendant will receive fair treatment during all portions of the criminal…