Sacramento County Superior
On the front corners of Judge Michael W. Sweet's bench stand the silent sentinels of law familiar to attorneys and defendants in police courts everywhere: two upright globe lamps, eternally lit against the darkness of injustice.
Department 9 where Sweet holds sway is a law and motion court where everyday preliminary examinations are held, motions argued, rulings made, judgments rendered, sentences imposed and tears shed.
On this particular morning, a hal... (continued)