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Judges and Judiciary

Mar. 5, 1999

Justices Ponder Taking the Sting Out of CJP's 'Advisory' Letters

SAN FRANCISCO - In a case that could spell out the dividing line between mere legal error and misconduct in judicial discipline cases, the California Supreme Court took a hard, skeptical look Wednesday at a private admonition issued against a Bakersfield judge for dismissing a child molestation case in 1996.

By Philip Carrizosa
Daily Journal Senior Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - In a case that could spell out the dividing line between mere legal error and misconduct in judicial discipline cases, the California Supreme Court took a hard, skeptical look Wednesday at a private admonition issued against a Bakersfield judge for dismissing a child molestation case...

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