Victor Hwang, the judge
UPDATE: San Francisco Superior Court Judge Harry Dorfman will preside over Monday’s hearing. Dorfman sentenced serial stalker
Bill Gene Hobbs in June.
San Francisco Superior Court Judge Victor Hwang saw his
name bandied about as a possible interim district attorney appointee in early 2022, alongside San Francisco Supervisor Catherine Stefani, civil rights attorney Joe Alioto Veronese and former San Francisco prosecutor and recall spokesperson Brooke Jenkins, who later
became the DA.
In recent months, Hwang has been assigned several high-profile cases, including the
San Francisco home explosion that led to multiple charges against Darron Price,
whose wife died after he allegedly caused the blast by manufacturing hash oil. Hwang also
handled the arraignment of a hate-crime suspect who pleaded not guilty after allegedly firing blanks inside a synagogue, and he was behind the
decision to keep a suspect in custody after he was accused of attacking an Asian American senior this month.
A look at key figures as Nima Momeni's preliminary hearing is set to start.
sfstandard.com
Edited to add: Judge Hwang was the intial judge on the Momeni case. Not sure why there was a change, but he was very similar in style to this new judge, they both have a "no-nonsense" style and appear to run a tight ship. Glad to see this.