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Sep. 1, 2014

Gene M. Gomes

Justice Gene Gomes is progressive in conservative-minded Fresno, but he's loyal nevertheless.

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Gene M. Gomes
5th District Court of Appeal (Fresno)

By Emily Green

Daily Journal Staff Writer

FRESNO - Justice Gene M. Gomes made no bones that he was unhappy the state Supreme Court all but told him to change his opinion in a high profile case involving domestic violence and guns.

The first time the case went before the court of appeal, the majority held that even the slightest touching in a domestic violence incident triggers a lifetime ban on gun ownership.

Gomes dissented, writing that in allo... (continued)

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