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The main court is located at the Ventura Hall of Justice in Ventura. Juvenile cases are primarily held at the Juvenile Justice Center in Oxnard. [22] Cases are also held at the East County Courthouse in Simi Valley. [22] It is notable as the site of the 1992 trial for the police officers who were accused of beating Rodney King.
The need for a larger government center prompted the County in the early 1960s to acquire 81.7 acres (33.1 ha) in east Ventura at the northeast corner of Victoria Avenue and Telephone Road. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] The relocation of county government offices to east Ventura was accelerated by concerns about the seismic stability of the downtown courthouse.
The Family Justice Center was completed in 2016, consolidating court operations from six different facilities in a single building. [ 13 ] The doctrine of corporate personhood in US law is commonly traced to the 1886 decision of the United States Supreme Court in Santa Clara County v.
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.
The California Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), previously known as the California Youth Authority (CYA), was a division of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation that provided education, training, and treatment services for California's most serious youth offenders, until its closure in 2023.
Gorell earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in history from the University of California, Davis in 1992. He obtained his Juris Doctor from the University of the Pacific's McGeorge School of Law in 1998, and earned a certificate in international legal studies at University of Salzburg studying under Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Anthony Kennedy.
Ventura County (/ v ɛ n ˈ t ʊər ə / ⓘ) is a county located in the southern part of the U.S. state of California.As of the 2020 census, the population was 843,843. [10] [13] The largest city is Oxnard, and the county seat is the city of Ventura.
Launched at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in October 2009, [1] the Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth was a joint initiative between Northwestern Law's Center for Wrongful Convictions and its Children and Family Justice Center, with a defined purpose of representing and advocating for accused or convicted youth. [2]