By Pat Broderick
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN DIEGO - Mario Conte, a former executive director of Federal Defenders of San Diego, wasn't at all surprised to hear federal Judge Larry Burns would be presiding over a tragic case that has left the nation reeling.
The San Diego judge, a former prosecutor, was tapped Jan. 12 by Alex Kozinski, chief judge of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, to hear the case of Jared Lee Loughner, accused in the Jan.... (continued)
