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May 2, 2006

Putting Defendants First, for Justice

SANTA ANA - Orange County Superior Court Judge James H. Poole was giving some of the misdemeanor defendants before him suggestions on whether to plead guilty.

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Orange County Superior Court
By Don J. DeBenedictis
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SANTA ANA - Orange County Superior Court Judge James H. Poole was giving some of the misdemeanor defendants before him suggestions on whether to plead guilty.
      If there were problems in their cases, aggravating issues that weren't obvious from the charges against them, Poole told them, it might be better to go a... (continued)

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