San Francisco, CA – Omeed Aziz Popal, 31, was found not guilty by reason of insanity by Judge Carol Yaggy today, at the Hall of Justice, 850 Bryant Street. Popal was facing attempted murder charges in connection with a series of alleged hit-and-run incidents involving sixteen people in San Francisco on August 29, 2006.
Op-Ed by Jeff Adachi
The recent news stories criticizing the city’s juvenile probation department for sending undocumented children home instead of handing them over to the federal immigration authorities has ignited a firestorm of negative attacks.
However, the stories missed a key fact: the city’s practice of transporting youth home was enacted with the full knowledge and cooperation of the Immigration and Naturalization Service 12 years ago.
A felony case against our client was dismissed on July 10, 2008 after the client was proven factually innocent of armed robbery based on San Francisco community safety camera evidence. Video footage showed that the car our client was driving was not the getaway car, as alleged by police.
