Criminal
Jul. 17, 2024
San Francisco court unlawfully delayed misdemeanor trial
"The Superior Court's use of COVID-19 as a reason to endlessly delay trials has always been unjust and harmful," Deputy Public Defender Oliver Kroll said in a statement on Tuesday.
A state appellate court ordered the San Francisco Superior Court to dismiss a misdemeanor case after finding that it unlawfully delayed the trial for more than a year using COVID-19 as an excuse even though all pandemic-related emergency orders had long been lifted.
"The people not only failed to satisfy their burden to demonstrate good cause for delay but actually concede there was no good cause," the 1st District Court of Appeal's Division 4 panel wrote in a per cu...
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