defendant
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Following the Dueñas decision, California lawmakers passed a bill that would have forced courts to determine whether defendants could pay before imposing many remaining fines — effectively codifying the ruling as state law.
From Los Angeles Times
He has since retired from the public defender’s office, but continues to practice law and represents defendants affected by the snitch scandal.
From Los Angeles Times
If the Justice Department brings a civil false-claims lawsuit and wins in court, defendants risk being liable for three times the damages the government suffered.
“Here, defendant’s detention in Adelanto has effectively denied him access to his counsel for nearly the entire month preceding trial,” Olguin wrote in his order.
From Los Angeles Times
The bill says a plaintiff “shall receive statutory damages in an amount of $6,250 per incident in any action in which the plaintiff establishes that the defendant falsely impersonated a union representative.”
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