A Bay Area deputy district attorney has been removed from a criminal prosecution after officials say he failed to disclose a romantic relationship with a crime lab technician.
Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney Ted Kajani is no longer overseeing the prosecution of brothers David Zimmer and Robert Zimmer for the 1989 strangulation of David Zimmer's estranged wife, Cathy.
Officials say Kajani had put the technician with whom he had an affair on the stand to testify about DNA evidence in the case.
Assistant District Attorney David Angel told the San Francisco Chronicle on Sunday there was no evidence the DNA was compromised because of the affair. But he said it created the appearance of impropriety.
Sean Webby, a spokesman for the district attorney's office, said Kajani was referring calls to him and not commenting.
