From: The Berkeley Scanner, 03/22/2024
The Alameda County DA's office has just been recused from the prosecution of a high-profile fatal police shooting case that had been set to begin trial in April.
Attorneys in the Steven Taylor manslaughter case have been sparring since last year when Michael Rains, representing former San Leandro cop Jason Fletcher, sought to have the entire Alameda County DA's office recused from the prosecution.
That motion failed, but Rains filed a new motion for recusal this year. It prevailed in court Friday.
In making his brief ruling, Judge Thomas Reardon said that the main question before him was, "What's the appropriate agency, in light of the [recusal] motion, to handle this matter?"
"I do not believe that is the [Alameda County] district attorney's office," Reardon said.
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