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Judges and Judiciary

Nov. 19, 1999

Judicial Songbird Denies Improper Conduct Charges

SANTA ANA - Orange County Superior Court Judge Susanne S. Shaw, accused of imploring drunken driving defendants to "fly with eagles rather than trot with the turkeys" and breaking into song while delivering sentences, denied the charges against her Wednesday in a hearing before the state Commission on Judicial Performance.

By Jason W. Armstrong
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SANTA ANA - Orange County Superior Court Judge Susanne S. Shaw, accused of imploring drunken driving defendants to "fly with eagles rather than trot with the turkeys" and breaking into song while delivering sentences, denied the charges against her Wednesday in a hearing before the state Commission o...

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