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Dec. 10, 2013

Allen H. Sumner

Allen H. Sumner is known for bringing a relaxed, informal approach to his criminal calendar.

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Allen H. Sumner
Sacramento County (Sacramento) Superior Court

By Saul Sugarman

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SACRAMENTO - Malcolm Shepard Jr. shot and killed a 19-year-old man for a small amount of marijuana on a Sacramento bridge in 2005. A jury convicted him of murder two years later.

Only two people sat in the audience for most of the trial: Shepard's mother and the mother of the young man he killed, said Allen H. Sumner, the Sacramento County Superior Court judge who handled the case. The two mothers ... (continued)

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