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As of 2011 the district attorney's office employs 310 attorneys. [1] The district attorney's office claims a 90+ percent conviction rate. [2] The main office is located in downtown San Diego in the Hall of Justice, with three regional centers in El Cajon, Chula Vista, and Vista.
Michael Finkel (born 1969) is a journalist and memoirist, who has written the books True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa (2005), The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit (2017), and The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession (2023) about Stéphane Breitwieser.
San Diego County was one of the original counties formed when California gained statehood in 1850. The first elected officers of the San Diego Court of Sessions met in October 1850, including presiding judge Hon. John Hayes and associate judges Charles Haraszthy and William H. Moon; the First Court House, approximately at the intersection of San Diego and Mason Streets, was part of what is now ...
San Diego: 1935 1999–2009 — 2009–present Clinton: 59 Senior Judge William Q. Hayes: San Diego: 1956 2003–2021 — 2021–present G.W. Bush: 60 Senior Judge John A. Houston: San Diego: 1952 2003–2018 — 2018–present G.W. Bush: 61 Senior Judge Roger Benitez: San Diego: 1950 2004–2017 — 2017–present G.W. Bush: 63 Senior Judge ...
On August 25, 1994, Akiki filed a suit against the County of San Diego, the church where he had volunteered, and many others which was settled for $2 million. [ 11 ] San Diego County Public Defenders Kathleen Coyne and Susan Clemens were awarded Public Defender of the Year by the California Public Defender's Association in 1994 for their work ...
The San Diego County Public Defender's office is an agency of the government of San Diego County, California. It provides legal assistance to individuals charged with a crime in state court who are financially unable to retain private counsel. [ 1 ]
Rider v. County of San Diego, 820 P.2d 1000 (Cal. 1991) was a California Supreme Court case where the court ruled that a sales tax in San Diego County, California, to fund courthouses and jails was invalid, because it failed to reach a two-thirds voter approval as required by Proposition 13.
The San Diego City Attorney is an elected official who serves as the chief legal adviser to the City of San Diego. The city attorney is responsible for representing the city government in legal matters and for prosecuting misdemeanor and infractions that occur within city limits. Elected every four years, officeholders may serve up to two terms ...