Former Alameda County Prosecutor Working For SF DA Could Be Disbarred After Misdemeanor Complaint

CBS San Francisco

July 20, 2023

OAKLAND -- Former Alameda County prosecutor Amilcar "Butch" Ford, who currently works as a prosecutor for the San Francisco District Attorney's Office, may be disbarred following a misdemeanor complaint filed against him in Alameda County.

Ford on April 26 allegedly gave confidential information from the Alameda County District Attorney's Office to attorney Michael Rains, who is representing former San Leandro Police Officer Jason Fletcher in a voluntary manslaughter case.

Fletcher is accused of unlawfully killing Steven Taylor at a San Leandro Walmart store in 2020, following charges filed by then-Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley in September of that year. Taylor was allegedly shoplifting.

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