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Oct. 23, 2026

Supreme Court ruling bolsters new justice's earlier dissents

Justice Corey G. Lee seeks retention after less than a year on the 4th District. Two earlier dissents she wrote gained support from a subsequent California Supreme Court ruling.

Supreme Court ruling bolsters new justice's earlier dissents
Justice Corey G. Lee

Two dissents Justice Corey G. Lee wrote while temporarily serving on the 2nd District Court of Appeal gained support from a subsequent California Supreme Court ruling on murder resentencing petitions.

Now Lee, a former federal prosecutor and San Bernardino County Superior Court judge, faces voters Nov. 3 after less than a year on the 4th District Court of Appeal, Division 2. She is seeking the remaining four years of her predecessor's term.

Her own body of work on the 4...

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