Prosecutor fined for wrongfully tying a case to the Hells Angels
A judge slapped the Clallam County Prosecuting Attorney's Office with a $500 fine last week for incorrectly stating that a defendant is a member of the Hells Angels and that a local attorney involved in the case represents the motorcycle club.
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| Clallam County Judge Brooke Taylor sanctioned the office, which has 30 days to make the payment, on Friday. The fine will be paid to the attorney named in the motion, Karen Unger, through Clallam County Superior Court, said Clallam County Prosecuting Attorney Deb Kelly. "We disagree, with all due respect, with this ruling and are considering whether to appeal," she said. In her request for sanctions filed Feb. 9, Unger, who could not be reached for comment, referred to the motion filed by Prosecutor Erika Soublet as "unethical intimidation." Kelly, while disagreeing with those comments, said she still regrets the mistake, adding: "I think everyone in this office has taken the appropriate lesson from it and I have no doubt that we will be exceptionally careful in review of our pleadings." The false statements were contained in a motion filed Feb. 8. requesting that co-defendants Roger D. Mallicott and Lovera M. Blackcrow -- who face vehicular homicide charges in the Aug. 16 death of Shelly M. Bartlett -- be tried separately. |
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