'Measure A' hearing for Sheriff Corpus' removal to begin Monday

(BCN) – The final stages of the long operation to remove Sharif Corpus in San Matteo district will start on Monday with a 10 -day public hearing.

The hearing pushed through the Corbus step to resume the decision of the Council of Supervisors unanimously to topple it in June, which is a authority that the Board of Directors approved the consent of the voters to amend the charter in the special elections in March for the evaluation a.

The scale was the way to remove Corpus, who remained united against calls for resignation after the release of a 400 -page investigation by the retired judge of Edoris Cordele that Corpus had an inappropriate relationship with her chief of staff and enhance the culture of intimidation and recovery in the Sharif office.

Almost a year after the issuance of the Cordele report, Corbus is scheduled to face retired judge James Emerson, who served 20 years in the courts of Santa Clara Upper Province but will supervise the session.

Emerson was chosen to chair the session as an independent officer. Corbus and the boycott mutually agreed to choose Emerson by looking at his experience and impartiality as a retired judge from outside the province.

An interview was interviewed with the province of San Matteo Sharif Christina Corbus at Kron4 Station in San Francisco on March 3, 2025. (Kron4 photo)

The full proof session will work on the rules determined by Emerson and the same procedures that govern other procedures in the San Matteo Upper Province Court, according to a provincial spokesman.

Each side will have up to five days to call the witnesses to the pregnant woman and provide evidence.

The audience will be able to attend the session on a first basis, and first. It will not be broadcast directly nor percussive in the courtroom.

Once the session ends, Emerson will have up to 45 days to provide a written opinion to the council that must contain a recommendation on whether there is a reason for the removal.

The “cause” includes violating any law related to the performance of police duties, blatant or repeated negligence of the duty, embezzlement of public funds or property, deliberate forgery of official data or documents, or obstructing a legal investigation in Sharif or Sharif’s office, according to Article 412.5 of the boycott.

Then the council has 30 days to make a final decision based on Emerson’s recommendation.
“The boycott is looking forward to providing evidence in the next session and receiving the recommendation of the hearing official, which will be submitted to the Council of Supervisors for consideration,” the provincial spokesman Evi Melison Verduchi said in a statement.

Corpus tried several times to put a stop to the session by submitting applications for temporary restrictions. On Wednesday, the American Partial Court judge, Vince Chapria, denied her request to prohibit or postpone the session, saying that he was “skeptical” that this scale would violate her constitutional rights, according to the written order.

The province said that Chapria’s rule clarifies the legitimacy of the session, although this scale was not previously done in the history of the state.

“San Matteo’s boycott again re -committed to supporting the safety of this process, which has been created to enhance transparency, accountability and response to local government,” said Melionus Verduchi. “We are confident in fairness and framework of frames A; it reflects the will of the voters and guarantees all procedures as maximum integrity.”

The session will start on Monday at 9 am in the 2M courtroom in the Justice Hall in San Matteo County in Redwood.

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