San Francisco Behavioral Health Court Wins Best Practices Award
San Francisco, CA - The San Francisco Behavioral Health Court (BHC) has been selected by the Council on Mentally Ill Offenders (COMIO) to receive...
Public Defender Jeff Adachi Receives California Lawyer Attorney of the Year...
San Francisco, CA – Public Defender Jeff Adachi has been named a recipient of the 2007 California Lawyer of the Year (CLAY) Award. California...
S.F. May Edit Law on Surveillance Tapes
As published in The Recorder, February 4, 2008.
by Evan Hill
Prompted by a case out of the public defender's office, a San Francisco supervisor is pushing...
Public Defender’s Office, ACLU, and Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Call...
San Francisco, CA – In a letter addressed to the Board of Supervisors, the Public Defender’s Office, the ACLU of Northern California (“ACLU-NC”) and...
Unearthed Gun Clouds Death Case
As published in The Recorder, December 18, 2007.
By Mike McKee.
Eighteen years after Dennis Lawley was sentenced to death, evidence literally unearthed last week in...
Man and His Dog Found Not Guilty of Nighttime Attack
San Francisco, CA – John M., 23 years old, was acquitted yesterday of robbery and aggravated assault with great bodily harm stemming from an...
Jeff Adachi Honored by the Center for Young Women’s Development at...
San Francisco, CA – San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi will be honored alongside two San Francisco community leaders on Thursday, December 6 at...
Three Local Criminal Defense Lawyers To Be Honored With The Public...
San Francisco, CA – The San Francisco Public Defender’s Office is proud the announce the recipients of the 2007 Gideon Award: Nina Wilder, Eileen...
Bayview Family Man Acquitted of Resisting Arrest and Battery
San Francisco, CA – Last Wednesday, Ronald Brown, a 43-year-old husband and father of three, was acquitted of two counts of resisting arrest and battery...
Innocent Woman Acquitted of Attempted Murder
SFPD Destroys Physical Evidence During Trial; DA Disregards Exculpatory Evidence
San Francisco, CA – San Francisco resident Jerniece Menefee was acquitted of attempted murder and...