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Sep. 21, 2011

Javier Alcala

Judge Javier Alcala isn't won over by sob stories, but his boot-strap past has made him compassionate.

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Javier Alcala

Javier Alcala

Santa Clara County (San Jose) Superior Court
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By Laura Ernde

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN JOSE - When Javier Alcala was in law school, he was reading one of the leading U.S. Supreme Court cases on search and seizure when he came across a familiar name.

To his surprise, his brother Joe was mentioned in the third paragraph of Justice Potter Stewart's 1972 opinion. Police had stopped Joe's car for a busted headlight and arrested his buddy for having stolen checks after Joe consented to a sear... (continued)

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