Oct. 21, 2026
Supreme Court sided with Justice Raphael in 3 cases
4th District Justice Michael J. Raphael, seeking a 12-year term Nov. 3, wrote a dissent, concurrence and majority opinion whose positions were subsequently upheld by the California Supreme Court.
When an appellate majority ruled in 2023 that a San Bernardino County judge lacked authority to apply a new gang law at a resentencing, Justice Michael J. Raphael dissented. The state Supreme Court unanimously agreed with him.
Raphael, appointed to the 4th District Court of Appeal, Division 2 in Riverside by Gov. Jerry Brown in 2018 and retained by voters in 2022, seeks a full 12-year term on the Nov. 3 ballot.
The dispute in People v. Lopez (2023) arose from a 201...
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