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Criminal

Apr. 16, 2003

True Judge Tales

SACRAMENTO - Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Thomas M. Cecil is a connoisseur of crime. He relates courtroom war stories that sound like lurid outtakes from True Detective magazine.

Thomas M. Cecil
Judge,
Sacramento County Superior Court
Professional experience: Appointed by Gov. Pete Wilson, 1992; appointed by Gov. George Deukmejian to the Citrus Municipal Court, 1989; general counsel and deputy director, California Department of Consumer Affairs, 1983-89; sole practitioner, Santa Barbara, 1981-83; associate, Nielsen Merksamer Hodgson Parrinello & Mueller, Sacramento, 1978-79; special consultant, state Senate Select Committe...

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