
By Hadley Robinson
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SACRAMENTO - To research a current case he's handling that involves a burglary statute from 1923, Justice Vance Raye has on hand common law documents from 1746 and 1838 and treatises from 1840 and 1826.
He is analyzing the documents to try to figure out how the statute arose and how it should be interpreted. Raye says he doesn't do this much historical research about every matter. But dealing with que... (continued)