Description: A history and personal memoir of the District Attorney's Office of Alameda County, California, by District Attorney Emeritus J. Frank Coakley (1897-1983)
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Western Star Press
by J. Frank Coakley, District Attorney Emeritus, Alameda County, California.
District Attorney J. Frank Coakley was a legendary figure in American law enforcement for 60 years. Meticulous and dogged in building a case, forceful and clever in the courtroom, he seldom lost. Now, in this memoir he captures the clear-eyed view of "simple justice" to which he dedicated his long professional life. Here, in over 60 cases, read how Frank Coakley and his staff won conviction after conviction in cases ranging from police thugs to cop-killers, from smut peddlers to student radicals, from bunco