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Former Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith has been found guilty on all counts in a civil corruption case, prosecutors said Thursday.
A jury handed down guilty verdicts on six counts of committing willful or corrupt misconduct in office, the San Francisco district attorney’s office, which prosecuted the case, confirmed.
The unusual trial was a civil proceeding that only sought to remove Smith from her position. Although Smith tried to preempt the verdict by abruptly stepping down from office Monday and requesting to dismiss the case, a judge ordered it to continue, the Mercury News reported.
Smith’s attorney, Allen Ruby, did not respond to a phone call and email seeking comment.
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