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You tell us what the government code is? >> gary. >> i asked him a question. could he answer? >> jeff, go ahead and then well lay out what 1029 is. >> right. the problem is that under the law in every criminal trial the prosecution has a duty to provide the defense with evidence of convictions of any witness and that includes police officers and what we just learned is that there were officers who were convicted and this evidence was not being provided. this was not something that is governed by...

Misdemeanor conviction can bes relevant in a criminal trial. lets say you have a situation where a person is charged with assault on a police officer and it turns out that that police officer has a history of violence. okay, that will be admissible in that case. it doesnt matter if its a felony and misdemeanor, thats where youre wrong. it isnt relevant in the trial. >> jeff, are you saying that you have rap sheets? you have evidence that up to 80 officers are convicted felons or have somehow bee...

Protect and serve us? >> absolutely. and pretty much what jeff is saying is absolute nonsense. let me tell you a couple of things. first of all, i would like to know if the public defender is infersing that we have convicted felons in the san francisco police department. i would pose that question to mr. adachi? is that what youre saying, mr. adachi? >> the problem is because we dont know -- >> oh business yes, you do know. >> the police officers have not been provided to the defense and this is...

To forget in their files and some say it could lead to convicts being overturned. gary delanus is with us and hes president of the san francisco police officers association. unfortunately, we got cut off during our discussion earlier this week. we bring in public defender jeff adacci. jeff, lets start with you. whats your beef with the cops? >> police officers should not be above the law. in a criminal case when a witness has a record of a conviction or misconduct that evidence must be turned ov...

Perjury, gary. were talking about, lets say you have an officer who has been convicted of a crime of violence, a misdemeanor would that not be relevant in a case where the person is saying, hey, this officer tried to beat me up. >> gary, go ahead and answer that, gary. >> go ahead and answer that. >> first of all, that information can be obtained through a pitchs motion as mr. adachi well knows. second of all -- >> it hasnt been and thats the problem here. >> go ahead, gary. >> why not, jeff? >>...

Where the officer falsely arrested somebody, and that was not provided to me even though i had made a specific request for this evidence. so again, this is evidence thats falling in between the cracks. i think gary, you need to go back to your officers and talk to them and find out, you know, just what theyve been withholding. >> jeff, youre beautiful. youre beautiful, jeff. >> thank you. >> are you saying these officers are 100% clean and not tied to any type of crime whatsoever? >> this is non...