Oct. 12, 2026
Wilson pairs focus on courtroom fairness with mentoring future lawyers
Justice Charles E. Wilson II of the 6th District Court of Appeal has written on courtroom fairness, worker pay and government authority while building mentoring programs for future lawyers and judges.
For 15 months, across 13 sessions of a preliminary hearing in a Santa Cruz County murder case, three Spanish-speaking defendants shared a single interpreter.
Writing for the 6th District Court of Appeal in Molina v. Superior Court (2024), Justice Charles E. Wilson II held that the arrangement violated one defendant's state constitutional right to an interpreter. He ordered the charges dismissed, while leaving prosecutors free to refile.
"A defendant unable...
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