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Fresno County was formed in 1856 from neighboring Mariposa, Merced, and Tulare counties. The mining village of Millertown [] was named as the first county seat. [2] The Central Pacific Railroad located its stop at what would become Fresno in May 1872, and the county seat was moved there by popular vote in February 1874.
A reader asked How To California: “Is there an old age limit to serve jury duty? ... A resident of the California county that sent the summons. Have not served on a jury in the past 12 months.
A Fresno County jury has awarded $26 million to the Assemi Brothers farming company and nearly $12 million to its rival, Wonderful Pistachios & Almonds, in a protracted breach of contract lawsuit.
Jury instructions, also known as charges or directions, are a set of legal guidelines given by a judge to a jury in a court of law. They are an important procedural step in a trial by jury , and as such are a cornerstone of criminal process in many common law countries .
The five-member elected Fresno County Board of Supervisors (BOS) is the county legislature. The board operates in a legislative, executive, and quasi-judicial capacity. As a legislative authority, it can pass ordinances for the unincorporated areas (ordinances that affect the whole county, like posting of restaurant ratings, must be ratified by the individual city).
This program allows a person to fulfill jury service when they have: Served on one trial until excused. Been assigned to the trial department for jury selection and participated until excused by ...
Before 1998, each county also had municipal or justice courts that heard some of the cases. In June, 1998, California passed Proposition 220, which allowed the judges in each county to determine if the county should have only one trial court. By 2001, all 58 counties had consolidated their courts into a single superior court.
Todd Thomas was none too pleased when Fresno County Superior Court Judge Adolfo Corona gave his daughter's abuser a no-jail sentence in 2017.. Thomas had begged Corona to give a prison sentence to ...