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Criminal

May 17, 2005

Adachi Proposes Alternative To Prison Time for Litigator

SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi has a plan to keep legendary defense attorney J. Tony Serra out of prison for failing to pay his income taxes.

By Dennis J. Opatrny
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi has a plan to keep legendary defense attorney J. Tony Serra out of prison for failing to pay his income taxes.
        Adachi plans to petition U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph Spero to sentence Serra to...

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