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Originally known as the Criminal Courts Building, [4] in 2002 it was renamed the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center, after Clara S. Foltz, the first female lawyer on the West Coast of the United States (and also the first person to propose the creation of a public defender's office).
Kings County is a county located in the U.S. state of California.The population was 152,486 at the 2020 census. [5] The county seat is Hanford. [6]Kings County comprises the Hanford-Corcoran, CA metropolitan statistical area, which is also included in the Visalia-Porterville-Hanford, CA combined statistical area.
In 1993, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors created the Alternate Public Defender's (APD) Office in order to curb the costs in cases where the Public Defender had a conflict of interest. Bruce Hoffman was appointed the first Alternate Public Defender and upon his retirement in 2002 was succeeded by his then Chief Deputy Janice Fukai.
In 2018, Garcia was selected by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to be the Public Defender for Los Angeles County. [7] Garcia is the first Latino and youngest appointed Public Defender in the County." When California Governor Gavin Newsom imposed a moratorium on the death
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Kings County was partitioned from Tulare County in 1893; the county seat was established at Hanford. [2]1896/1914 Kings County Courthouse in Hanford, California (2007) Court was initially held in a space leased in the local opera house; the superior court was moved to the second floor (over the jail) alongside the sheriff's office at West Sixth and Irwin.
Corcoran is a city in Kings County, California, United States. [1] The population was 24,813 (2010 census), up from 14,458 (2000 census). Corcoran is located 17 miles (27 km) south-southeast of Hanford, [6] at an elevation of 207 ft (63 m). [1] Corcoran is most notable as the site of the California State Prison, Corcoran.
Police officers cannot detain someone on the street just because that person acts furtively to avoid contact with them, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday.