A man previously convicted of killing a gay hair stylist whose homicide and robbery convictions were overturned more than two years ago will be represented by the San Francisco Public Defender’s office – whether he likes it or not. 

As the Bay Area Reporter previously reported, defendant James Rickleffs, 58, fired his former private attorney, Michael Meehan, for being gay on August 18 just as a retrial was getting underway. Rickleffs described Meehan as “the Antichrist,” according to court transcripts. 

As of a scheduled October 29 hearing in Department 22 at San Francisco’s Hall of Justice, 850 Bryant Street, however, Rickleffs had not obtained new counsel. When informed Wednesday that Rickleffs didn’t want to speak with deputy public defenders as his attorneys either, San Francisco Sup

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