Supreme Court of California

Public Defender accused of legal malpractice in defending criminal defendant is not entitled to immunity for discretionary acts under Government Code section 820.2.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/18/2000
• Published 12/18/2000

Judges

• GEORGE, C.J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Cicconi, Iglesias & Cicconi, Drew Allan Cicconi;  Cormicle and Belter and Bruce Cormicle, Santa Monica, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Lloyd W. Pellman, County Counsel, Louis V. Aguilar, Assistant County Counsel, Kevin C. Brazile, Deputy County Counsel;  Greines, Martin, Stein  & Richland, Timothy T. Coates, Beverly Hills;  Manning, Marder & Wolfe and Steven J. Renick, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent., Hanson, Bridgett, Marcus, Vlahos & Rudy, Joan L. Cassman, David W. Baer, Lisa K. Puntillo, San Francisco, for Cities of Alameda, Albany, Avalon, Bakersfield, Berkeley, Burlingame, Capitola, Carlsbad, Carpinteria, Chino, Chula Vista, Coachella, Cotati, Culver City, Delano, Dinuba, Gustine, Hollister, Huntington Beach, Huron, Indian Wells, Lafayette, Laguna Beach, Lathrop, Long Beach, Los Altos, Madera, Millbrae, Modesto, Napa, Oceanside, Orange, Orange Cove, Orinda, Oxnard, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Pico Rivera, Pleasant Hill, Redding, Redlands, Rialto, Riverside, Sacramento, San Buenaventura, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, San Luis Obispo, Santa Paula, Signal Hill, South San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Thousand Oaks, Vacaville, Walnut and West Sacramento, Towns of Ross and San Anselmo as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.