Government
Aug. 2, 2023
State AG must remain as defendant in challenge to LA bail
Attorney General Rob Bonta’s demurrer argued that the plaintiffs failed to establish grounds to name him as a defendant, and that his office doesn’t have any control over the bail schedule. The judge disagreed.
A Los Angeles judge on Tuesday overruled Attorney General Rob Bonta’s demurrer to a lawsuit seeking to end pre-arraignment cash bail in the county, keeping the state’s top law enforcement official as a defendant in the case.
The main defendants in the case, the city and county of L.A., opposed his demurrer. They argued that it incorrectly downplayed the role of state law in the enforcement of bail schedules, and that Bonta was attempting t...
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