With the star witness missing in a high-profile misconduct case against a veteran Oakland homicide detective, prosecutors appear to be rethinking how to proceed.
In 2023, former Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price charged Detective Phong Tran with committing perjury by misrepresenting his relationship to Aisha Weber, a witness in a murder case.
The substance of the claim was that Tran knew Weber before she gave critical evidence but hid that fact on the stand. Tran has denied the allegations…