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Jul. 23, 2013

John D. Conley

John D. Conley's childhood experiences helped lead him to his judicial felony trial assignment.

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John D. Conley
Orange County (Santa Ana)

By Blake Edwards

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SANTA ANA - When Orange County Superior Court Judge John D. Conley took over a felony trial court in early 2006, his assignment had, in a way, been over 50 years in the making. In seventh grade, Conley was wandering around his hometown of Hartford, Conn. with "nothing to do," as he put it. He walked into a courthouse, where he sat in on a child molestation trial.

He said he heard things he probably sh... (continued)

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