Calif. Judge Gets 2nd Reprimand After Calling Atty 'Snake Oil'

By Lynn LaRowe ( May 24, 2024, 4:41 PM EDT) -- For the second time in his judicial career, a California state judge has been publicly admonished for misconduct on the bench, most recently for referring to a public defender as "snake oil" in a criminal case and for "usurping the role of prosecutor" in another trial that was later overturned because of the judge's conduct....

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