California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Parmar, 104 Cal.Rptr.2d 31, 86 Cal.App.4th 781 (Cal. App. 2001):
34 Cal.3d 141, at pages 144 and 145, 193 Cal.Rptr. 148, 666 P.2d 5, it was shown that a deputy district attorney was a witness, and possibly a victim, of the defendant's offenses. In People ex rel. Clancy v. Superior Court (1985) 39 Cal.3d 740, at page 745, 218 Cal.Rptr. 24, 705 P.2d 347, it was shown that the city hired an attorney to prosecute a nuisance abatement action pursuant to a contingency fee
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contract that gave him a financial interest in the outcome.
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