By Saul Sugarman
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN RAFAEL - "Objection, your honor. Hearsay!" the defense lawyer thunders.
Strathmore Reed Jr., a superior court judge in Sequoia County, looks up from his blank notebook. He hasn't written a word since yesterday and has no idea what the question was, much less whether it was objectionable. All 12 jurors stare at him expectantly.
"Counsel, please rephrase the question," the judg... (continued)
