Tag: bench

Longtime San Joaquin County defender appointed to bench

Mar. 30—Governor Gavin Newsom recently appointed Chrishna Martinez to serve as judge on the San Joaquin Superior Court bench. Martinez currently serves as a deputy public defender at the San Joaquin County Public Defender’s Office and has done so since 1999. As a deputy public defender, she has handled felony, misdemeanor, juvenile delinquency, and juvenile […]

Bench trial in Wilkes-Barre Township homicide scheduled to begin Monday

Feb. 25—WILKES-BARRE — Barring any last minute requests, the homicide trial of Anthony Dion Shaw, accused with fatally stabbing Cindy Lou Ashton inside her Wilkes-Barre Township residence nearly six years ago, is scheduled to begin today. Only a jury of 12 people won’t decide Shaw’s fate. That will be left to Luzerne County President Judge […]