By Rebecca Beyer
Daily Journal Staff Writer STOCKTON - Sometimes before San Joaquin County Superior Court Judge Xapuri B. Villapudua takes the bench, her courtroom deputy prefaces her arrival with a few words about how young she looks. That's because Villapudua, who recently turned 40 and was appointed to the bench in June 2007 when she was 38, still gets the question, "where's the judge?" when she appears before litigants. Despite ... (continued)
Daily Journal Staff Writer STOCKTON - Sometimes before San Joaquin County Superior Court Judge Xapuri B. Villapudua takes the bench, her courtroom deputy prefaces her arrival with a few words about how young she looks. That's because Villapudua, who recently turned 40 and was appointed to the bench in June 2007 when she was 38, still gets the question, "where's the judge?" when she appears before litigants. Despite ... (continued)