By Laura Hautala
Daily Journal Staff Writer
HAYWARD - Judge Winifred Y. Smith tends to see familiar faces in her juries. The Berkeley native started doing criminal jury trials almost exclusively this year, her 12th on the Alameda County Superior Court bench.
"It is pretty much what I do," Smith said. "I got fully immersed this year." And as the judge's docket have filled with back-to-back criminal jury trials this year, her friend... (continued)
