Los Angeles Superior Court
Daily Journal Staff Writer On any given day, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Hilleri G. Merritt takes the bench in Department 73 and oversees misdemeanor drug, traffic or battery cases. But on a recent morning Merritt faced a new legal question. What to do in a case of alleged jury tampering? "This is big," said Merritt as she walked out of her courtroom. "This case may be only a misdemeanor, but due process is w... (continued)
