Judges and Judiciary
Dec. 21, 2020
LA DA backtracks slightly on judge ‘papering,’ sentence enhancements
On Friday, the spokesman, Maxwell Szabo, said in an interview the DA’s office is no longer seeking to “paper” Judge Shellie L. Samuels in the Van Nuys Courthouse.
After a spokesman for District Attorney George Gascon said a Los Angeles County judge had changed her practice of refusing dismissals of sentencing enhancements following a request to remove her from criminal cases, two persons with close knowledge of the courtroom proceedings said the judge has made no change in her practice.
On Friday, the spokesman, Maxwell Szabo, said in an interview the DA's office is no longer seeking to "pape...
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