Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Mar. 17, 2025
Federal judge says SF judges 'dropped the ball' on career drug dealer
A U.S. judge sentenced a repeat fentanyl dealer to nine years, criticizing San Francisco judges for failing to protect the public by repeatedly releasing him.
A federal judge has added to recent public criticism of San Francisco criminal court judges as she excoriated them in the sentencing of a fentanyl dealer who had been arrested and released more than a dozen times.
U.S. District Judge Maxine Chesney remarked in the sentencing of Hanti Gamez, who was found guilty of supplying fentanyl to a San Francisco teacher who then died, "At some point it's pretty clear that the state system totally dropped the ball," a San Franci...
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