San Diego County judge takes up OC murder case, prosecutorial misconduct allegations

San Diego County judge takes up OC murder case, prosecutorial misconduct allegations

On the surface, the immediate question before San Diego County Superior Court Judge Daniel Goldstein is whether to dismiss murder charges against Paul Gentile Smith, whose conviction in Orange County was overturned because evidence was withheld that could have helped his defense. But the deeper issue is the fate of Ebrahim Baytieh, the prosecutor in that case and now an elected Orange County Superior Court judge. Baytieh is accused by Smith’s ne…