‘We’ll see’: The district attorney says the possibility remains that the sheriff could eventually be charged criminally for the misconduct that jurors affirmed in their entirety a…
After the verdict was read, Smith could be seen wiping away tears, and at one point a man working with her defense team grabbed tissues to give to her. She left the courtroom clad in a face mask and sunglasses.
It remains unclear what legal effect, if any, a guilty verdict could have on Smith since she has already stepped down. Undersheriff Ken Binder has been installed as interim sheriff, and Smith’s successor will bebetween retired sheriff’s captain Kevin Jensen and former retired Palo Alto police chief and former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s captain Robert “Bob” Jonsen as her permanent successor.
Smith will return to court Nov. 16, when San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Nancy Fineman — presiding over the trial because the local judiciary recused itself — is likely to issue the formal removal order for Smith.
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