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Justice Alex C. McDonald was appointed to the California Appellate Court in 1995 and was confirmed by the electorate in 2002. He had a long career in law, including managing a private law practice in San Diego, being an associate and partner in two law firms, and being a law clerk for the California Supreme Court. He has been listed in Best Lawyers in America since 1987 and was a Revising Editor for the California Law Review from 1959-1961. He earned his LL.M. from the University of Virginia School of Law, his LL.B. from the University of California Boalt Hall School of Law, and his B.S. from Stanford University. He was born in Butte, Montana in 1936 and was admitted to the California Bar in 1962.
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The Office of the Attorney General (AG) and Appellate Defenders, Inc. (ADI) have entered into agreements to accept electronic service of documents on each other in certain criminal appeals. Copies of these agreements have been provided to the court and are maintained in a court master file. In addition, the AG has agreed to accept email service from panel attorneys designated by ADI in a Notice of Approval. All panel attorneys so designated have executed an agreement to accept email service from the AG.
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This order from the Court of Appeal of the State of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division One, allows attorneys and paralegals from Appellate Defenders Inc. (ADI) and any counsel appointed by the court to view and copy all superior court file materials (including sealed and confidential materials) relating to their clients' cases, and any related cases, to the same extent that their clients or the clients' trial counsel would be permitted to view and copy such files.
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The Court of Appeal has established guidelines for submitting documents electronically that a party wishes to become part of the record on appeal. This includes submitting documents as a separate .pdf file and ensuring they are formatted in compliance with California Rules of Court. There is also a limit of 25 megabytes for the file size.
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The Court of Appeal has established guidelines for parties to follow when submitting documents to become part of the record on appeal. The documents must be submitted as a separate .pdf file at the same time as the motion, application, or request. They must also be formatted in compliance with the court's Local Rule 8(b). Documents over 300 pages in length must follow California Rules of Court, Rule 8.74(a)(5).
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Justice George Nicholson was born in Dallas, Texas in 1941 and grew up in a large family with his father being a baker. He was taught early right and wrong and spent a lot of time in the fields running barefooted. He was close to all of his aunts and uncles and they all worked and stayed married. He married his wife three months out of high school and they have been married 58 years. He grew up playing baseball with black kids in Oakland and knew the famous George Powles who sent many players to the Major League Baseball, NBA, and Olympics. He learned to love the farm and animals and working people and had a life full of positive experiences with people of different ethnicities. He had to get good grades to be able to play baseball and his parents urged him to do good but did not micromanage his schooling or athletics. He and his friends had aspirations to be professional baseball players and they all said they would not sign unless they all signed. Two of them did sign, Carl Shelen and Jimmy McClure.
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Justice Richard Huffman is an Associate Justice on the Fourth Appellate District, Division 1 who was born and raised in Los Angeles. He worked various jobs as a young person, including delivering papers and working in a grocery store, and was the first person in his family to go to college. He worked his way through college and law school while also working full-time jobs. After law school, he took a job with the Attorney General's office and eventually became involved in a mob prosecution in El Centro. He later became the Chief Deputy District Attorney in San Diego, where he was responsible for hiring a number of women and minority people.
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Judith McConnell was born and raised in Lincoln, Nebraska, where her father was a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaperman. She was a tomboy, and she wanted to be a cowboy or cowgirl, wearing her diamond-studded holster to church. She went to Berkeley for college and law school, and when she graduated, she found it difficult to find a job as a lawyer in the private sector because of her gender. She eventually found a job in the public sector and went on to become a successful lawyer. She was inspired to become a judge after seeing Governor Jerry Brown appoint women to the bench.
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Justice J. McIntyre grew up in Chicago, Illinois and attended New Trier High School in Winnetka. He was involved in football and singing in high school. His father had a lumber business and he worked there in the summers. After graduating high school, Justice McIntyre applied to three colleges: Brown, Stanford, and Cornell. He was accepted to all three and chose to attend Brown. He was already interested in a career in law and believed he was quick and good at simplifying issues. After graduating from Brown, he decided to attend Stanford Law School and drove out to California without ever having seen the school. At Stanford, he learned more about simplifying issues and how to be a successful trial lawyer. After graduating from Stanford, he became a successful trial lawyer in San Diego.
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embrace the joy of learning and the importance of knowledge." I think that was the message that he was trying to send. And I think that he was a man of great character, and I think that he was a man of great integrity, and I think that he was a man of great humor. And I think that he was a man of great wisdom. And I think that he was a man of great 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 13 courage. And I think that he was a man of great love. And I think that he was a man of great faith. And I think that he was a man of great humility. And I think that he was a man of great compassion. And I think that he was a man of great kindness. And I think that he was a man of great generosity. And I think that he was a man of great humility. And I think that he was a man of great courage. And I think that he was a man of great love. And I think that he was a man of great faith. And I think that he was a man of great humility. And I think that he was a man of great
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by the Mexican Mafia on a guy that was a snitch. Justice S. Kriegler : So, you were in the Special Prosecutions Unit for two years and then you went on the bench. Justice R. Boren : Yeah. Justice S. Kriegler : How did that come about? Justice R. Boren : Well, I think it was a combination of things. I think the attorney general was looking for people to put on the bench and I think I was one of the people that he was looking at. I was also looking for a change. I had been in the Attorney General’s Office for almost eight years and I was looking for a change. I was looking for something that would be more of a challenge and something that would be more interesting. And I thought that being a judge would be a good thing to do. Justice S. Kriegler : What was it like when you first went on the bench? Justice R. Boren : Well, I was a little scared. I was scared because I didn’t know what I was doing. I had been in the courtroom a lot but I had never been a judge. I had never been on the bench. I had never been in charge. So,
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Retired Court of Appeal Justice Patti Kitching was the first in her family to go to college. She attended UCLA and was an English major, but also studied geology, botany, and political science. She was a president of her sorority, a song leader at UCLA, and even appeared in a movie. After graduating, she married someone who was going to medical school and moved to Omaha, Nebraska. She worked as a secretary and teacher while her husband was in medical school. When he went into the Navy, she moved back to California and decided to pursue a PhD in Political Science. Her husband suggested she go to law school instead, so she applied to Loyola Law School and was accepted. She had her second child while in law school and graduated in 1976.
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