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Criminal

Aug. 17, 2020

Acquittal in San Francisco’s first Covid-era state criminal trial

A jury found defendant David Brown not guilty of felony burglary after he spent more than a year in jail -- five months of which were a result of trials being suspended amid the pandemic.

The first criminal trial to resume in San Francisco, a case of first impression that featured witnesses donning transparent face masks, ended in an acquittal Friday.

A jury found defendant David Brown not guilty of felony burglary after he spent more than a year in jail -- five months of which were a result of trials being suspended amid the pandemic. People v. David Brown, 19012170 (San Francisco, Sup. Ct. Filed June 24, 20...

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