San Joaquin County (Stockton)
By Laura Hautala
Daily Journal Staff Writer
STOCKTON - Ronald Freitas said he was feeling pretty sharp for citing a published precedent that was only one week old in San Joaquin County Superior Court Judge George Abdallah's courtroom. It was a death penalty case, and new precedents were coming down frequently.
"But he corrected my citation by three days," Freitas, a deputy district attorney, said. There was an even newer case, and Abdallah ... (continued)
