The Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento, alternatively called the Sacramento County Superior Court, is the

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located in Sacramento with jurisdiction over

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Courthouses

Gordon D. Schaber Courthouse

The Gordon D. Schaber downtown courthouse is the main courthouse of the court. As well as providing the main trial courtrooms, the courthouse contains the administrative offices of the court (including the Presiding Judge), and the general civil and criminal case processing support services of the court system. The Gordon D. Schaber Courthouse is located at 720 9th Street.

Other courthouses

;William R. Ridgeway Family Relations Courthouse Family law, juvenile dependency, and probate cases ;Carol Miller Justice Center Small claims, traffic, DUI and unlawful detainer cases ;Hall of Justice Civil Law and Motion and civil settlement conferences ;Juvenile Courthouse Juvenile delinquency cases ;Lorenzo Patiño Hall of Justice Criminal cases

Administration

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Officers

There are several

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, including judges, jurors, commissioners, prosecutors, defense attorneys, clerks, bailiffs, and court reporters.

Judges

The current judges are: * George A. Acero * Stephen Acquisto *

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* Bunmi O. Awoniyi * Thadd A. Blizzard * Tami R. Bogert * David W. Bonilla * Lawrence G. Brown * Daniel J. Calabretta * André Campbell * Shelleyanne Wai Ling Chang * Donald J. Currier * Dena M. Coggins * Lauri A. Damrell * Carlton G. Davis * Joginder S. Dhillon * Philip A. Ferrari * Curtis M. Fiorini * Benjamin D. Galloway * Matthew J. Gary * Steven M. Gevercer * Maryanne G. Gilliard * Helena R. Gweon * Jonathan R. Hayes * Augustin R. Jimenez * Michael P. Kenny * Christopher E. Krueger * R. Stephen Lapham * Alyson L. Lewis * Kristina B. Lindquist * Deborah D. Lobre * Sharon A. Lueras * Patrick Marlette * Kevin J. McCormick * James E. McFetridge * Kenneth C. Mennemeier * Shama H. Mesiwala * James M. Mize * Andi Mudryk * Delbert W. Oros * Alexander J. Pal * Satnam S. Rattu * Jennifer K. Rockwell * Michael A. Savage * Ernest W. Sawtelle * Paul L. Seave * Peter K. Southworth * Richard K. Sueyoshi * Allen H. Sumner * Michael W. Sweet * Jill H. Talley * Scott L. Tedmon * Kara K. Ueda * Laurel D. White * Steve White * Allison Williams * John P. Winn * Gerrit W. Wood * Julie G. Yap

Commissioners

A commissioner is a subordinate judicial officer elected by the judges of the Court and given the power to hear and make decisions in certain kinds of legal matters, similar to the United States magistrate judge. Their jurisdiction includes, but is not limited to, traffic matters, family law and juvenile cases, criminal misdemeanors, and criminal felony cases through the preliminary hearing stage. The Sacramento County Superior Court has 12 commissioners and 1 referee assigned as follows: Robert J. Artuz - Traffic Trials Jaya Badiga - Child Support/Domestic Violence Court Kenneth N. Brody - Felony and Misdemeanor Home Court Alin Cintean - Criminal Arraignments (Felony and Misdemeanor) Scott P. Harman - Family Law/Child Support Alicia Hartley - Unlawful Detainer Trials and Traffic Trials Peter S. Helfer - Traffic Gary Link - Traffic Kimberly E. Parker - Family Law Dave Shaw - Traffic Trials Myrlys Stockdale-Coleman - Family Law/Domestic Violence Martin E. Tejeda - Unlawful Detainer Trials and Traffic Trials Referee Marlene E. Clark - Juvenile Dependency

Prosecutors

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, currently

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, prosecutes crimes before the court on behalf of California, Sacramento County, and all cities and special districts within Sacramento County.

Public Defenders

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provides criminal defense services for those unable to afford private counsel. The current acting

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is Amanda M. Benson For cases where the public defender has a legal conflict or is otherwise unable to provide services, services are provided by a group of private attorneys compensated by the Court. The County of Sacramento coordinates this process through the Conflict Criminal Defenders department.

Bailiffs

The functions of the

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are carried out by Sacramento County Sheriff under contract.

References

External links

Official website

Case Index
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