558. D.A.'s discipline case and hiding evidence (7/9/08)

On 5/11, I returned the hundred notes to my relatives when they
visited me. They later changed them into small notes for me. I posted
"547. Plant "drug money" (5/17)" on 5/17. Two days later, there was a
news in "San Jose Mercury" that caught my eye. Topic "Field/
Prosecutor faces rare hearing". It was a rare story to discipline a
D.A..

Field is a D.A. of Santa Clara County. He is accused of disobeying
court orders, hiding the location of an exculpatory witness and
abusing his authority in three other cases. Field was alleged that "he
intentionally withheld Smith's whereabouts from the rape defendant's
lawyer because he feared it would hurt his own case. When Smith was
eventually located, he provided information that helped lead to
dismissal of the rape charge." (San Jose Mercury, 5/24/08)