Month: March 2012

Mar

Public Defender Asks Judge To Set Aside Pleas In Tainted DUI Convictions

March 22, 2012jpakMedia

San Francisco, CA — The San Francisco Public Defender’s Office today filed a legal challenge in the first of hundreds of driving under the influence convictions tainted by improperly-tested field sobriety equipment. The case involves a man who entered a no contest plea Nov. 7 to one misdemeanor count of driving under the influence....

Mar

SF District Attorney and Public Defender to Review Driving Under the Influence Cases Involving Preliminary Alcohol Screening Devices

March 5, 2012San Francisco Public DefenderMedia, Press Releases

San Francisco, CA — Public Defender Jeff Adachi and District Attorney George Gascón are investigating cases where Preliminary Alcohol Screening (PAS) devices were used by the San Francisco Police Department when arresting a suspect for driving under the influence. Since the mid-1990’s, the SF Police Department has used PAS devices to administer breath tests to...