SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF A PROSECUTOR

The prosecutor shall: (a) refrain from prosecuting a criminal or juvenile charge that the prosecutor knows is not supported by probable cause; (b) make timely disclosure in a criminal or juvenile case to counsel for the defendant, or to a defendant without counsel, of the existence of evidence or information known to the prosecutor after diligent inquiry and within the prosecutor’s possession or control, that tends to negate the guilt of the accused, mitigate the degree of the offense, or reduce the punishment; 29 (c) refrain from conducting a civil, juvenile, or criminal case against any person whom the prosecutor knows that the prosecutor represents or has represented as a client; (d) refrain from conducting a civil, juvenile, or criminal case against any person relative to a matter in which the prosecutor knows that the prosecutor represents or has represented a complaining witness.