Litigation & Arbitration
Sep. 11, 2023
Alameda public defenders must face claims of trial delay
There are questions of fact about whether some delays were caused by the public defenders’ legitimate decisions on how to best represent a convicted sexually violent predator or if they were the result of a systemic breakdown in the office.
A federal judge in San Francisco ruled that Alameda County public defenders must face claims that they violated the right of a convicted sexually violent predator to speedy trials over 13 years by delaying hearings on whether he could remain in custody post-prison.
U.S. District Judge Kandis A. Westmore denied the defendants’ motion for summary judgment, finding that there are questions of fact about whether some delays were caused by the...
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