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Mar. 26, 2007

State's Longest-Serving Judge Casts a Wise Eye on Defendants

SANTA BARBARA - When Joseph L. Lodge was elected to the bench in 1958, judges didn't have to be attorneys and the right to be represented by a lawyer did not exist.

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By Ryan Oliver
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SANTA BARBARA - When Joseph L. Lodge was elected to the bench in 1958, judges didn't have to be attorneys and the right to be represented by a lawyer did not exist.
      "At the time, one of the judges in the county was a milkman," Lodge said. "But some of these guys did a very good job."
      Lodge, 75, is the l... (continued)

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