Judges and Judiciary
Apr. 1, 2015
OC Bar Association defends judge who recused DA's office
County bar directors adopted a resolution criticizing prosecutors for booting the judge from other cases as "punitive and retaliatory" tactics that may "attempt to intimidate not just that judge, but the entire judiciary."
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Coming to the defense of the judge who threw the Orange County district attorney's office off a high-profile mass-murder case, the Orange County Bar Association adopted a resolution criticizing prosecutors for repeatedly "papering" Superior Court Judge Thomas E. Goethals in other criminal cases.
The resolution, adopted Friday, endorses judicial independence and "publicly disa...
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