Los Angeles County (Lancaster)
LANCASTER — Criminal calendar Judge Manuel A. Almada doesn’t stay up at night worrying about cases and he said he owes it to a technique.
“Before I make a ruling, I am very careful to ask the parties any questions that I think will assist in making the best decision possible,” he said.
For each case, he explained, “I don’t leave something where I might say, ‘OK, I would like to know this, but neither ... (continued)