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Judges and Judiciary,
Discipline

Dec. 7, 2022

CJP declines to discipline Orange County judge

The Commission on Judicial Performance adopted a panel of special masters’ conclusions that Orange County Superior Court Judge Michael F. Murray who it accused of not disclosing exculpatory evidence in a murder case he prosecuted as a deputy district attorney before he joined the bench.

The state judicial watchdog agency on Tuesday declined to impose any discipline on Orange County Superior Court Judge Michael F. Murray, who it had accused of not disclosing exculpatory evidence in a murder case he prosecuted as a deputy district attorney before he joined the bench.

A panel of special masters who held a seven-day hearing into the allegations against Murray had found that there was no evidence that he “had actual knowledge o...

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