Edwin F. Beach

Edwin Fernando Beach was a retired associate justice of the Court of Appeal in California. He was appointed by Governor Reagan in 1973 and confirmed by the Commission on Judicial Appointments. He was also a judge of the Superior Court and Justice Court in Ventura County, and had a private law practice in Santa Paula. He was a member of the Rotary Club and various other organizations. He wrote a significant decision in 1986 ruling that adult patients of sound mind have the right to refuse medical treatment. He graduated from the University of Southern California Law School and was admitted to the California Bar in 1951. He was a Republican and a Methodist.