An Alameda County Superior Court judge ruled on Wednesday that a veteran Oakland police investigator must stand trial on charges of perjury and bribery in a botched murder trial.
Veteran Oakland police officer Phong Tran will stand trial on charges of perjury and bribing a witness in a botched murder trial.Phong Tran, a longtime homicide investigator, is accused of bribing a witness to testify and identify two men as the killers of Charles Butler Jr. Buter was shot and killed in North Oakland in 2011.During a preliminary hearing last week, Weber said that Tran paid her $5,000 after she testified during the murder trial.
Prosecutors say Tran made it look as if Weber took the initiative when in fact Tran had been paying her. At the murder trial, Weber identified Giovante Douglas and Cartier Hunter as the killers. The two men were convicted and sentenced to life. They spent 10 years behind bars before being released are now suing Tran and the city of Oakland.
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