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Criminal

Mar. 3, 2017

4th District panel rules again, no change in 170.6 petitions

The longstanding interpretation of California's judge disqualification law will remain unchanged after the 4th District Court of Appeal ordered Orange County Superior Court to transfer three murder cases away from Judge Thomas M. Goethals.

By Meghann M. Cuniff
Daily Journal Staff Writer

The longstanding interpretation of California's judge disqualification law will remain unchanged after the 4th District Court of Appeal ordered Orange County Superior Court to transfer three murder cases away from Judge Thomas M. Goethals, as requested by the district attorney's office.

In a four-page, unpublished opinion, Justice Kathleen E. O'Leary rejected the su...

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