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California Courts of Appeal

Mar. 9, 2016

Judge's juror questioning scrutinized at hearing

Tone and implied meanings were put on trial at the misconduct hearing of Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Edmund W. Clarke, Jr.

By America Hernandez
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES — Tone and implied meanings were heavily scrutinized Monday at the outset of a three-day misconduct hearing requested by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Edmund W. Clarke, Jr., who stands accused of mistreating prospective jurors seeking to be excused from serving on a five-week felony murder trial in 2014.

Rather than accept what his counsel called "inaccurate an...

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