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Dec. 20, 2011

Victor D. Martinez

A bailiff and a public defender, Judge Victor D. Martinez got the inside scoop on trying criminals.

Read more about Victor D. Martinez...

By Pat Alston

Daily Journal Staff Writer

WEST COVINA - Victor Martinez was 20 when he dropped out of college to join the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

A business law professor at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, tried to talk him out of it. But Martinez was a father. He had responsibilities.

"I knew I'd go back," he said.

Six years later, Martinez enrolled in law school with the intention of us... (continued)

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