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FROM: Victor J. Westman; County Counsel Contra
By: Phillip S. Althoff, Deputy Costa
DATE: July 12, 1990 C J '•1
SUBJECT: Legal Defense - People v. Hamilton
Municipal Court, Mt. Diablo Judicial District, No. 03130195-1
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve and authorize Chair., Board of Supervisors, to
execute contract with the law firm of Gagen, McCoy, McMahon and
Armstrong for legal defense of the Probation Department's
employee Karen Hamilton in the above-referenced case.
REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND:
The Probation Department' s employee Karen Hamilton has been
charged in a criminal action as a result of allegations of
assault and battery by Sarah Rosetta Robinson, who, at the time
of the alleged incident, was a Juvenile Hall resident. The
County has assumed responsibility for defending Ms . Hamilton to
maintain input into the defense of the case.
PSA/jh
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER ,
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
XUNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: via County" CounFel ATTESTED SEP 5 1990
PHIL BATCHELOR. CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY ,DEPUTY
M382/7-83