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Judges and Judiciary,
California Courts of Appeal

Apr. 27, 2021

Justice with slow record clears up 40 cases in 3 months

3rd District Court of Appeal Justice Justice William J. Murray Jr. wrote 37 opinions between 2018 and 2020, but has cleared scores of long-delayed cases since a complaint was made to the Commission on Judicial Performance.

In December 2011, Kevin Flannery appealed his sentence of five years' probation. Two weeks ago, California's 3rd District Court of Appeal rejected his appeal, more than four years after the ruling would have been relevant.

The ruling in People v. Flannery, C069945 (Cal. App. 3rd, filed Dec. 12, 2011) was part of a recent flood of unpublished opinions out of the 3rd District. It was one of about 40 that Justice $95

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