Robert Noel, left, listens with his attorney Bruce Hotchkiss, right, as guilty verdicts are delivered in the San Francisco dog mauling trial, in a courtoom in Los Angeles, Thursday, March 21, 2002.

Noel did not invoke state law and court rulings that allow prison guards and other law enforcement officers to keep such statements out of their criminal trials.

Noel has been represented by attorney Bruce Hotchkiss, but he made his request to the judge after arguments on evidence by a volunteer associate attorney, Robert Tayac.

CRESCENT CITY, Calif. — Standing in a soft, cold rain with the low-slung walls of Pelican Bay State Prison behind him, attorney Robert Noel seemed prepared for what he now considers the ...

Francisco might be best known as the lawyer who represented former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell when the Supreme Court overturned his corruption conviction.

Robert Noel, who went to prison after his dogs mauled his San Francisco neighbor to death in 2001, was recommended for disbarment this week. So was Robert Roland, a former S.F. prosecutor who ...

Marjorie F. Knoller and Robert Noel (collectively, defendants) owned two Presa Canario dogs, Bane and Hera (collectively, the Presas),[FOOTNOTE 1] while living in an apartment building in San ...

Robert Noel has represented Darrel Sichel in past legal matters and the Sichel’s said they have an ”open-door policy” for the attorney’s to visit.

The Bay Area Reporter has learned that Robert Noel, convicted along with his wife, Marjorie Knoller, for the 2001 fatal dog mauling of lesbian neighbor Diane Whipple, died over the summer on his 77th ...

Ed. Note: On October 23, 2015, prosecutors dropped charges against Robert Noel Anderson and the case was dismissed. The former teacher accused of molesting female students has pleaded not guilty ...

Solicitor General Noel Francisco is next in line if Trump fires Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

President Donald Trump ended a circuitous search for the government’s top advocate before the Supreme Court by nominating Washington lawyer Noel Francisco as the next solicitor general. Franc… ...