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Law Practice,
Criminal

Jun. 25, 2018

Judge bars attorney from courtroom for speaking to juror

The deputy attorney general said the juror approached him and he did not want to be rude.

Judge bars attorney from courtroom for speaking to juror
Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge James Herman

SANTA BARBARA -- A judge barred a deputy attorney general from appearing in court when the jury is present after the lawyer spoke with a juror for several minutes during the trial of an oil company criminally charged with responsibility for a 142,000 gallon oil spill onto Refugio State Beach in 2015.

Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge James Herman issued the bar against Ross Hirsch, who works in the civil division of the attor...

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