Criminal
Oct. 30, 2017
SF public defender’s bail challenges meeting resistance
The aggressive plan of San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi to challenge bail in every criminal filing backfired Friday when a judge responded by increasing a defendant’s bail by $20,000.
SAN FRANCISCO — The aggressive plan of San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi to challenge bail in every criminal filing backfired Friday when a judge responded by increasing a defendant’s bail by $20,000.
Superior Court Judge Gerardo Sandoval made the decision following a testy exchange with Deputy Public Defender Crystal Carpino, who said her client’s bail was “unconstitutional and improper” because it failed to take his financi...
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