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Judges and Judiciary

Jun. 12, 2008

Lawyers, Clients Vent Over Clogged Courts

San Diego defense attorney Mary Frances Prevost was steamed after her client, Ernest J. Sala Jr.'s, DUI trial was stretched from three or four days to evenings spanning three or four weeks to accommodate clogged courts in Imperial County.

By Pat Broderick
Daily Journal Staff Writer
This article appears on Page 1

      SAN DIEGO - San Diego defense attorney Mary Frances Prevost was steamed.
      "I am supposed to be trying a DUI case in Imperial County," she complained late last month. "But what is supposed to be a three- to four-day trial is going to end up being a three- to four-week trial. Why? Because Imperial County ...

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