Alameda County prosecutor put on leave for violating defendant’s attorney-client privilege

Charles Weisselberg quoted in Oakland Tribune, May 4, 2012

“A prosecutor’s intrusion into a defense preparation in this way severely undermines the right to counsel and the ability of a defendant to investigate a case” said Charles Weisselberg, a professor of law at UC Berkeley’s Boalt Law School. “It’s pretty egregious and striking.”