Legal Opinion
People v. Superior Court of Riverside Cnty.
California Supreme Court
Decided June 26, 2017No. S232639PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
**571 Liu, J.
*233 Government Code section 1090 prohibits public officers and employees from making contracts in which they have a financial interest when they act in their official capacities. Knowing and willful self-dealing can result in criminal liability. In this case, the District Attorney of Riverside County seeks to prosecute Dr. Hossain Sahlolbei under section 1090 for allegedly influencing the public hospital where he worked to hire another doctor and then profiting from that doctor's contract. The Court of Appeal held that because Sahlolbei was an independent contractor and not an…
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