With the jury set to begin deliberations in Santa Clara Vice Mayor Anthony Becker’s trial this week, his attorneys made a last-minute effort to have his case thrown out — a move the

The two-week trial centered on whether Becker leaked a confidential civil grand jury report that criticized him and other council members for maintaining unethically close relationships with top officials from the San Francisco 49ers football team.

Closing arguments in Santa Clara Vice Mayor Anthony Becker’s perjury trial have wrapped up, putting the case into the jury’s hands.

As Santa Clara Vice Mayor Anthony Becker’s perjury trial nears its end, his lawyers are asking the court to reconsider evidence previously excluded or redacted.