Juvenile charged as an adult, faces deportation

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OUTCOME: Our office was able to get the case reassigned to juvenile court, allowing the client to avoid a “strike” and to stay in the country

Our client, a 15-year-old undocumented immigrant, was charged as an adult for allegedly stabbing a man in a Financial District alley. He faced 12 years in state prison. The head of the San Francisco Di ... strict Attorney’s Gang Unit was personally prosecuting his case.