Los Angeles County Superior Court
By Gabe Friedman
Daily Journal Staff Writer BURBANK - The unfortunate souls arrested for a weekend of public drunkenness are usually queuing up by the time Judge Carlos E. Velarde arrives at his Burbank court on Monday mornings. "In the old days we would just lock them up," Velarde, now 79, said recently. "I recall when I was in East L.A. [in 1969] I always had a lot of guys that got busted for drunk in public. At the end of the day, you'd... (continued)
Daily Journal Staff Writer BURBANK - The unfortunate souls arrested for a weekend of public drunkenness are usually queuing up by the time Judge Carlos E. Velarde arrives at his Burbank court on Monday mornings. "In the old days we would just lock them up," Velarde, now 79, said recently. "I recall when I was in East L.A. [in 1969] I always had a lot of guys that got busted for drunk in public. At the end of the day, you'd... (continued)
