A judicial review panel has confirmed another gay man to serve on the state’s appellate courts and elevated a lesbian appeal court justice to preside over her bench.
David Rubin, a gay man and Superior Court judge in San Diego County, was unanimously confirmed and sworn in Friday as a justice for the Fourth District Court of Appeal after a hearing by the state Commission on Judicial Appointments.
A California measure capping probation for many offenders applies to plea deals that weren't final when the law took effect, the California Supreme Court ruled.
David Rubin, a gay man and Superior Court judge in San Diego County, was unanimously confirmed and sworn in Friday as a justice for the Fourth District Court of Appeal after a hearing by the state Commission on Judicial Appointments.