Solano County Public Defender

12/10/2024

Please join us for the Solano County Public Defender Clean Slate Day on January 29, 2025! Spaces limited, preregister here: https://forms.office.com/g/cr6LqnX17g

11/27/2024

It was an honor to host DOJ Office for Access to Justice Director Rachel Rossi at our offices for a roundtable discussion with Bay Area public defender chiefs from SF, Alameda, Contra Costa, Sonoma, Solano and Marin counties.

We appreciated having so many Bay Area public defenders at the same table to discuss our shared values, challenges and strengths, and to see that our network of offices is full of powerful, innovative advocates.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/readout-director-rachel-rossis-trip-northern-california

07/30/2024

08/10/2023

https://www.thereporter.com/2023/08/07/patricia-anne-mccleese/
Tenacious advocacy by public defenders after a mother of newborn twins was remanded to serve a two year eight month sentence resulted in her release with sentence suspended. By presenting the full picture of our client and her family, she has been reunited with her family and will receive services rather than incarceration.

Judge Carlos R. Gutierrez on Monday tells Patricia A. McCleese, 33, of Dixon, convicted of three fraud counts in April, that she will serve out her revised sentence in Solano County Jail if she vio…

06/29/2023

Come join our team committed to protecting the rights of the people of Solano County! Apply for Paralegal by 7/14, and Investigative Assistant by 7/20 at https://jobapscloud.com/solano/

04/25/2023

Come Join us Friday April 28 in Vallejo to clear your record!

The event, to help community members clear up criminal records, will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 28 in the courtyard between 355 and 365 Tuolumne St. in Vallejo.

04/04/2023

Solano County Public Defender will be on site to help with record-clearing services!

03/17/2023

March 18 is the 60th anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright – promising the protection of counsel when charged with a crime. The attorneys, investigators, social workers, paralegals, clerical and administrative support staff of the Solano Public/Alternate Defender all share a commitment to ensuring that everyone in Solano County who is facing a loss of liberty – regardless of economic status – receives excellent representation in court.

03/16/2023

"Research indicates that people represented by public defenders experience better outcomes: they are less likely to be convicted and they receive shorter sentences if found guilty."

This week is the 60th anniversary of a landmark US Supreme Court decision that established a constitutional right to legal representation for defendants in state criminal courts, regardless of their ability to pay. We look at California’s approach to indigent defense and how it has changed over ti...

03/16/2023

SAVE THE DATE: The Solano County Public Defender and Alternate Defender will host a CLEAN SLATE DAY on Friday April 28 in Vallejo!

02/24/2023