Lynn D. Compton | 2nd District | District Courts of Appeal

Associate Justice

Division Two

From 1970 to 1990

Lynn D. Compton
Associate Justice, Division 2
June 15, 1970 to August 31, 1990

Born December 31, 1921 in Los Angeles, California

EDUCATION
LL.B., Loyola University School of Law, 1949
U.C.L.A., 1943

State Bar Admission June 2, 1949

JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE
Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division 2
June 15, 1970 – August 31, 1990, Appointed by Governor Ronald Reagan

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Chief Deputy District Attorney, 1966 – 1970
District Attorney's Office, 1951 -1966
Detective, L.A.P.D., 1947 - 1951
U.S. Army, WWII (awarded a Silver Star, Bronze Star and Purple Heart), 1943 – 1946
with 101st Airborne Division, 506th Parachute Infantry,
European Theatre of Operations as a First Lieutenant
Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army Air Force Reserve, 1951

NOTE
His most famous assignment was in 1968 when he served as Prosecutor in the case against Sirhan Sirhan, Robert Kennedy's assassin.