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Judges and Judiciary

Oct. 20, 2010

Third Judge Pulled Into Election Payoff

A third Los Angeles Superior Court bench officer has become tangled in the criminal case against a judge accused of offering to pay an election opponent to drop out of a June 2008 ballot race.

By Don J. DeBenedictis

Daily Journal Staff Writer

A third Los Angeles County bench officer is tangled in the criminal case against a judge accused of offering to pay an election opponent to drop out of a June 2008 ballot race.

In two motions set to be heard Friday, defense attorneys for Judge Harvey A. Silberman and his election consultants charge that Judge Karla Kerlin signed search warrants involving the defendants, even tho...

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