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Jul 5, 2008 12:56 pm US/Pacific

Ex-San Jose Cop Facing DUI Charges

CBS 5 CrimeWatch

SAN JOSE (AP) ―

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The state attorney general has charged a former San Jose police officer with felony drunken driving more than three months after police failed to test her for intoxication after a car accident.

Police and the Santa Clara County district attorneys office asked the state to handle the case after realizing their own inquiries into 39-year-old Sandra Woodall's accident investigation posed a potential conflict of interest. Woodall is now a district attorney investigator.

State prosecutors have not said whether Woodall's ties to the department -- her husband is a sergeant and father-in-law a former lieutenant -- influenced the decision not to test her blood for alcohol after the March 25 multi-car accident. No one was seriously injured in the crash.

San Jose police Sgt. Michael Sullivan says command staff are concerned that the incident may not have been handled properly and are also looking into it. If the officers are found to have given Woodall special treatment they could be fired.