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The People of the State of California v. Superior Court (Romero), 13 CAL. 4TH 497, 917 P.2D 628 (Cal. 1996), was a landmark case in the state of California that gave California Superior Court judges the ability to dismiss a criminal defendant's "strike prior" pursuant to the California Three-strikes law, thereby avoiding a 25-to-life minimum sentence.
In 2005, Simmons was a deputy city attorney in the San Diego City Attorney's Office. From 2006 to 2017, he was a deputy district attorney in the San Diego County District Attorney's Office. [3] [4] During his tenure, he worked in the juvenile division, the superior court division and the gangs division. He has volunteered for Project LEAD. [5]
San Diego County was one of the original counties formed when California gained statehood in 1850. The first elected officers of the San Diego Court of Sessions met in October 1850, including presiding judge Hon. John Hayes and associate judges Charles Haraszthy and William H. Moon; the First Court House, approximately at the intersection of San Diego and Mason Streets, was part of what is now ...
San Diego Municipal Court (1993–1994); San Diego Superior Court (1994–2003) California: retired: Sonia Cortés [130] Yolo County Superior Court (2015– ) California: active: Annabelle G. Cortez [131] Los Angeles County Superior Court (2012– ) California: active: Angel A. Cortiñas [132] Florida Third District Court of Appeal (2005–2013 ...
Another quirk is that because the superior courts are now fully unified with all courts of inferior jurisdiction, the superior courts must hear relatively minor cases that previously would have been heard in such inferior courts, such as infractions, misdemeanors, "limited civil" actions (actions where the amount in controversy is below $35,000), and "small claims" actions.
Joseph H. Stuart: [216] First African American male lawyers in San Diego County, California (1890) Duane E. Bennett: [217] [218] [219] First African American male to become the City Attorney for Oceanside, San Diego County, California; Ataulfo “A.F.” Molina (1923): [220] [221] First Latino American male judge in San Diego County, California ...
All other misdemeanor, felony, and infraction violations that occur within San Diego County are prosecuted by the district attorney. As of 2011 the district attorney's office employs 310 attorneys. [1] The district attorney's office claims a 90+ percent conviction rate. [2]
The Comité, with the assistance of the two attorneys, filed suit against the Lemon Grove School Board in the Superior Court of California in San Diego on February 13, 1931. Submitted in the name of Mexican American student Roberto Alvarez, the petition accused the school board of "an attempt at racial segregation… by separating and ...