Posted by Rains Lucia & Wilkinson LLP On its 56th day of deliberations, the jury in the Oakland police misconduct trial reached not guilty verdicts and acquitted three former Oakland police officers, Clarence “Chuck” Mabanag (represented by LDF panel attorney and lead defense counsel Mike Rains of Rains, Lucia & Wilkinson […]
Posted by Alison Berry Wilkinson The Statute: Enacted in 1995, Penal Code section 148.6 makes it a misdemeanor to file an allegation of misconduct against a peace officer knowing the allegation to be false. Section 148.6 was enacted to close the gap left by the courts after section 148.5 (which […]
After seven days of trial and one hour of deliberation, a Federal Court jury found two U.S. Border Patrol agents not guilty of the Title 18 violation with which they were charged. Robert Curtin and John Wallace were charged in a one-count indictment alleging a violation of Title 18, United […]
In what appears to be the first LDF case involving the “other” statute of limitations under section 3304 of POBR, Tulare Deputy Kevin Cotton has been restored to his position with no discipline, thanks to energetic work on the part of Cotton and his LDF panel attorneys, Bennett & Sharpe […]
A hearing officer recently concluded that Police Officer Brian Adair was guilty of one thing and one thing only – bad timing!! Adair was a 15-year veteran of the city of Orange Police Department when he was terminated for allegedly tipping off a vendor of fake watches about his department’s […]