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qualifications, which maintains an office and staff
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constantly at work. And complaints regarding the
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slightly over a thousand California judges way come
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to that office from any source and they are considered
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and evaluated and —
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MRS. BOTHE; Grievance committes.
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MR. WINTERS: — investigated, and most of
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them do not get any further, because a lot of them
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amount simply to the fact that this judge did not
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simply decide my case the way I liked it. But in
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cases where there is merit on then, they go through,
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and recommendations are made and are subnitted to the
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highest court of the state, which only has the power.
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Now, I understand that a proposed is pending in this
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State which has somewhat the same provision, except that
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those recommendations go to the legislature rather than
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to the Court of Appeals.
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THE CHAIRMAN: What is your opinion of having
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the legislature make the final decision on that?
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MR. WINTERS: Well, I would have to say two
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things about that. One, I do not think that that is
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