SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – In a preliminary hearing this week in San Francisco Superior Court, a man was charged with aiding and abetting a robbery committed by two acquaintances at a Target in Oakland before being arrested in San Francisco after crossing the Bay Bridge.
The accused and his deputy public defender, Naira Der Kiureghian, agreed the charge was appropriate but argued the evidence lacked probable cause for the arrest. Judge Brian J. Stretch ruled there was sufficient probable cause to proceed.
The accused and his two accomplices face one count of robbery. Der Kiureghian agreed with the charge but argued to Judge Stretch that the evidence was insufficient to establish probable cause for arrest and transport to San Francisco County Jail…