Emmitt Lewis and Michael Wilson, who were convicted of first degree murder stemming from a 2003 robbery that turned into a car chase, became the first people in San Francisco, and among the first in the state, to have their murder charges vacated after a contested evidentiary hearing.
San Francisco Superior Court Judge John K. Stewart vacated the conviction during an evidentiary hearing granted under Senate Bill 1437.
We talked to his attorney, Public Defender Niki Solis, who defended him at his original trial and San Francisco Public Defender Jacque Wilson, who is working on similar cases and got involved when his brother fell under the felony murder rule.
See also: https://www.davisvanguard.org/2019/08/sf-judge-grants-1437-petition-two-men-expected-to-be-released-upon-re-sentencing-2/
