Santa Ana : Judge Orders Candidates to Change Statements
Superior Court Judge Harmon G. Scoville on Wednesday ordered four claims deleted from candidate statements filed by two prosecutors running for the same judgeship.
Scoville ruled that statements by both Paul S. Robbins and James M. Brooks violated state law that prohibits judicial candidates from attacking competitors in statements printed and circulated by election officials.
For the record:
12:00 a.m. Sept. 6, 1986 For the Record
Los Angeles Times Saturday September 6, 1986 Orange County Edition Metro Part 2 Page 2 Column 1 Metro Desk 1 inches; 34 words Type of Material: Correction
A story in The Times’ Sept. 4 edition incorrectly identified two candidates for Orange County Municipal judge. Paul S. Robbins is a a deputy prosecutor for the City of Long Beach, and James M. Brooks is an Orange County deputy district attorney.
Scoville also found that Brooks included misleading information on a poll of lawyers on judicial candidates, and he ordered the offending paragraph deleted.
Robbins, a county deputy district attorney, and Brooks, a Long Beach prosecutor, are running for a spot on the county Municipal Court bench.
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