A then-San Diego Superior Court commissioner, who has since been appointed to a judgeship, and the attorney for the petitioner in a dissolution of domestic partnership matter failed to notice that cases cited by the lawyer for the respondent were fabrications, prompting Div. One of the Fourth District Court of Appeal to declare them neglectful.

Opinion says decision by Riverside District Attorney's Office to hold man wrongly accused of murder for years after deputy was allegedly instructed to withhold other suspect's confession is protected conduct. 

(Subscription required) Guerrero presides over a criminal trial department handling misdemeanor and felony cases. Some days begin with large calendar calls, while the rest of the week is devoted to trials.

(Subscription required) A federal judge sentenced a former Laguna Niguel man to more than seven years in prison after a jury found he sent violent threats against the Orange County Superior Court judge who presided over his family law case.