Judges and Judiciary
Mar. 18, 2025
Criminal defense attorneys challenge DA's judicial disqualifications
Two criminal defense attorneys have petitioned the 1st District Court of Appeal to halt San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins' practice of issuing blanket judicial challenges, arguing it undermines judicial independence and fair trials. The DA's office defends the practice as legal, but critics call it an abuse of power.
Two criminal defense attorneys petitioned the 1st District Court of Appeal to halt the San Francisco DA's "blanket challenges" against trial judges after a judge was barred from presiding over criminal preliminary hearings for a week last month.
"We have a district attorney who's using their leverage to get rid of judges they don't like and in this particular case, the judge has never even made any rulings," Rose Mishaan of the Law Offices of Marsan...
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