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Criminal

Feb. 3, 2007

Court Sends Ailing Inmate to State Prison

A state appellate court has rebuffed a San Francisco Superior Court judge's effort to assure better medical care for a convicted robber by keeping him in county jail, rather than sending him to state prison.

By Dennis J. Opatrny
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      A state appellate court has rebuffed a San Francisco Superior Court judge's effort to assure better medical care for a convicted robber by keeping him in county jail, rather than sending him to state prison.
      A unanimous three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal has ruled that Judge Chuck Haines exceeded his jurisdiction by order...

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