The action by the California Commission on Judicial Performance comes while Claustro, 50, is awaiting sentencing on June 26 in federal court for one felony count of defrauding a state workers’ compensation program.

(Subscription required) California Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero highlighted positive collaboration among the state's judicial, legislative and executive branches, which she called "sister branches," in this year's State of the Judiciary Address.

Div. Three of the Fourth District Court of Appeal has held that a trial judge erred in denying the suppression motion of a defendant who was handcuffed after being ordered to come out of a home in which he was spotted through an open front door, rejecting the assertion that the officers did not need a warrant because they did not step foot inside the residence.

(Subscription required) From voir dire to sentencing, Judge Alison Matsumoto describes the unpredictability of jury trials, the evolution of criminal law and the responsibility of making high-stakes decisions from the bench.