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Sep. 19, 2008

Keeping Cool

San Diego trial Judge Albert T. Harutunian III is cool, calm and collected but also has a dry sense of humor and appreciates the artful one-liner.

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Keeping Cool
San Diego County Superior Court
By Pat Alston
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN DIEGO - As far as the defense attorney was concerned, the policeman made a bad stop.

The officer had no probable cause to pull the red Hyundai Accent over that Monday evening in March and search the trunk, the lawyer told Superior Court Judge Albert T. Harutunian III.

The search led to the discovery of drug paraphernalia and a methamphetamine-filled baggie. The officer placed the driver u... (continued)

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