Criminal
Sep. 15, 2023
State high court agrees to hear criminal docket backlog suit
The justices agreed to hear the case, which claimed that San Francisco County Superior Court was holding hundreds of defendants past their statutory deadlines for trial.
The state Supreme Court will consider a lawsuit by San Francisco Public Defender Manohar Raju and several taxpayers arguing that the superior court, by failing to do enough to clear the COVID-19 criminal case backlog, violated its statutory and constitutional obligations.
Justices agreed Wednesday to hear the case, which was filed by Raju and four taxpayers, including the parents of two criminal defendants, which claimed that San Francisco ...
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