The 30-year veteran of the Public Defender’s office has held the position on an interim basis since Frank Ospino stepped down in December.
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Santana: Avoid Politics With Public Defender Pick
The Orange County supervisors are in the process of choosing a new public defender. Will they appoint someone who’ll stay aggressive on the jailhouse snitch cases? Or someone who’ll take the heat off District Attorney Tony Rackauckas?
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Supervisors Choose Interim Public Defender
As Public Defender Frank Ospino gets ready to become a judge, his second-in-command, Sharon Petrosino, was chosen this week to temporarily take the reigns.
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Supervisors to Appoint Interim Public Defender
A temporary head of the county Public Defender’s office is slated to be named Tuesday to repolace Public Defender Frank Ospino, who was appointed to a judgeship.
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Amid Informants Scandal, Supervisors Discuss Larger Role for Watchdog
Meeting focused on whether the purview of the Office of Independent Review, which is currently limited to the Sheriff’s Department, should also include the District Attorney and other agencies related to law enforcement.
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Orange County Grapples With Wave of State Parolees
Law enforcement officials tell county supervisors how new state policy is changing policing and probation at the local level.
