The dismissal of 1,782 criminal cases in Riverside Superior Court was not improper, the Court of Appeal ruled July 11. The decision strikes a loss to Riverside District Attorney Michael Hestrin, who had argued the dismissals were a miscarriage of justice. In a concurring opinion, Associate Justice Michael Raphael said that the appellate court should have affirmed the court’s decision under a lighter review.
THE BREAKDOWN
- 1,782 criminal cases were dismissed
- 97 were felony cases
- 725 were DUIs
- 409 were domestic violence cases
- 86 were assault cases
- 83 were drug cases
- 68 were abuse cases
- 48 were weapon charges
- 33 were thefts
- and three were arsons.
Riverside Superior Court
