This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Criminal

Nov. 25, 1998

Gordon Ringer, Judge Who Heard High-Profile Trials, Dies at Age 69

Retired Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Gordon Ringer, who sat on the criminal courts bench for a quarter-century, presiding over such high-profile cases as the burglary of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist and the prosecution of Manson family member Leslie Van Houten, died Saturday from complications of emphysema.

By Michael D. Harris
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        Retired Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Gordon Ringer, who sat on the criminal courts bench for a quarter-century, presiding over such high-profile cases as the burglary of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist and the prosecution of Manson family member Leslie Van Houten, died Saturday from complications...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Sign up for Daily Journal emails