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Criminal

May 22, 2003

Commissioner Lends An Ear to Defendants

OAKLAND - Alameda County Superior Court Commissioner Geoffrey N. Carter has heard all kinds of excuses from motorists trying to wriggle out of traffic tickets. None was more creative than the one put forth by a man who argued that a fetus qualified as a third passenger in a car pool.

        
        

Geoffrey N. Carter
Superior Court Commissioner
Alameda County
Career highlights: Elected by the Superior Court judges, Jan. 11, 1988; private practice, Alameda, 1975-88; U.S. Air Force, deputy staff judge advocate, 1970-74
Law school: St. Louis Uni...

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