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CJP Charges Judge in Yuba for Meddling With Tickets
Judge David Wasilenko, a longtime Yuba County judge, was formally charged Monday with violating judicial ethics by allegedly interfering with traffic citations that had been issued to family members and friends. According to charges filed by the Commission on Judicial Performance, Wasilenko committed numerous violations of the Code of Judicial Ethics between 1999 and 2002 by intervening in pending tickets issued to eight different people.Ex-Prosecutor, Now Judge, Faulted in Capital Habeas
A referee's report just sent to the Supreme Court found that back when she was a prosecutor Santa Clara Judge Joyce Allegro kept crucial information from the defense in a 1980s capital case.Judge's Errors No Reason for Discipline, Lawyer Says
A lawyer for a Placer County judge facing possible discipline after being accused of misconduct for telling prospective jurors to hide racial bias says his client is getting a raw deal. James Murphy said late Wednesday that Superior Court Judge Joseph O'Flaherty was only trying to ensure that minority defendants were treated fairly. He also accused Sacramento's Third District Court of Appeal of unjustly ripping O'Flaherty for something he rectified long ago.Hyde Denies CJP Charges of Impropriety
Alameda County Judge D. Ronald Hyde did not use his position to help his daughter and his friends in court, according to papers his attorney filed with the Commission on Judicial Performance. In June, the state watchdog agency wrote that the judge brought "the judicial office into disrepute" by abusing his post. Besides helping his daughter, the six-count "notice of formal proceedings" alleged that Hyde made a sexual comment off the bench to court employees.Trending Stories
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