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Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Apr. 14, 2011

Judge Calls His Ticket-Fixing 'Thoughtless'

The state's judicial discipline agency will conduct a formal hearing into whether Judge Richard W. Stanford Jr, a 26-year veteran of the Orange County bench, fixed traffic tickets for friends, family and a juror.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The state's judicial discipline agency announced Tuesday that it will conduct a formal hearing into whether a 26-year veteran of the Orange County bench fixed traffic tickets for friends, family and in one case, a juror.


Orange County Superior Court Judge Richard W. Stanford Jr. reduced or eliminated traffic fines or otherwise helped eight people with nine tickets, according to the Commissi...

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