People v. Lam Choi

Opinion

HANLON, P. J.

The People appeal from the trial court’s order recusing the entire San Francisco City and County District Attorney’s Office from participating in this case. They contend that the trial court abused its discretion and applied an incorrect legal standard in ordering recusal. We affirm.

Factual Background

On November 16, 1996, Cuong Tran was shot to death outside the Pierce Street Annex at 3138 Fillmore Street in San Francisco. That same evening, approximately eight minutes before the Tran shooting, Dennis Natali, an attorney and close personal friend of District Attorney…