Christopher J. Shea, a prison protection lawyer and former Marin County prosecutor, died on Thursday. He was 57.
Earlier this week, the seasoned lawyer spent two days in a Marin County courtroom representing his shopper, former San Rafael police officer Daisy Mazariegos, in a preliminary listening to.
Shea, who grew up within the Bay Space and obtained his legislation diploma from the College of San Francisco, spent greater than 10 years as a Marin County deputy district lawyer. In 2007, he left the DA’s workplace, switched sides and commenced practising as a prison protection lawyer.
Different legal professionals have praised Shea as a talented lawyer with a “bare-knuckled” method to defending his shoppers.
“He has a superb fame, and deservedly so,” mentioned lawyer Julia Fox in an interview with the Pacific Solar on Thursday, previous to studying of Shea’s dying.
Fox was Shea’s co-counsel in a present Marin County case in opposition to two former San Rafael cops who’re accused of assault below colour of authority and making false statements in a criminal offense report. It’s unclear right now how the case can be dealt with shifting ahead.
“We’re all digesting this a bit,” Fox, who’s representing Brandon Nail within the case, mentioned in a textual content message.
The ex-cops’ preliminary listening to, which determines whether or not there’s sufficient proof for the case to proceed to trial, started on Monday and continued Tuesday. It left off with Shea making an uncommon transfer for a preliminary listening to—calling his shopper, Mazariegos, who’s pregnant with a due date of Oct. 19, to testify.
The listening to is scheduled to proceed on Oct. 10.
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