Los Angeles County Superior Court
NORWALK -- Superior Court Judge Joseph R. Porras spent more than a dozen years as a prosecutor, but a blizzard of changes to criminal law in California in recent years frequently sends him to the books to research issues that come up in his long-cause felony trial department.
"A criminal judge can't just rely on 25 years of experience and kind of [say] 'I got it,'" he said. "It's requiring us to really delve into what exactly do... (continued)