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They did this in San Bernardino and Riverside counties about a decade ago when the DAs refused to bargain over drug rehab diversions for non-violent/non-dealer
by gamblor956 6y ago
They did this in San Bernardino and Riverside counties about a decade ago when the DAs refused to bargain over drug rehab diversions for non-violent/non-dealer defendants.
Nearly member of the defense bar (led by the public defenders, but including private counsel) convinced their clients to refuse to waive the rights to a speedy trial. SB and Riverside ran out of courtrooms to hold trials in by 10a that Monday, and were forced to ask LA and OC county for help. By that Wednesday, the backlog grew so large that defendants' cases were being dropped because the constitutional deadline for bringing their case to trial had passed.
The following week, both DAs gave in completely.
- koolba 6y agoYou’re referring to this right? https://www.courts.ca.gov/partners/documents/Crush_of_Cases_1206_press_enterprise.pdf https://www.courts.ca.gov/partners/documents/Crush_of_Cases_...
- gamblor956 6y agoNo, the events in that article happened because Riverside decided it didn't want to pay for the courtrooms it needed for the volume of cases its court system was dealing with. However, the experiences of the defense bar during that time did inspire the subsequent events to which I was referring, which was in late 2009 or early 2010. It's hard to find articles about it online since it was an esoteric maneuver that AFAIK was only covered by local (now defunct) papers.