Ronald Marc George (born March 11, 1940) is the current and 27th Chief Justice of California, where he heads the Supreme Court of California. Governor Pete Wilson elevated George to Chief Justice in March 1996 (confirmed and sworn in on May 1, 1996). He has a B.A. from Princeton University and a J.D. from Stanford Law School. George served as Associate Justice on the Supreme Court since September 1991. He was retained by the electorate in Novembe...
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Ronald Marc George (born March 11, 1940) is the current and 27th Chief Justice of California, where he heads the Supreme Court of California. Governor Pete Wilson elevated George to Chief Justice in March 1996 (confirmed and sworn in on May 1, 1996). He has a B.A. from Princeton University and a J.D. from Stanford Law School. George served as Associate Justice on the Supreme Court since September 1991. He was retained by the electorate in November 1998, with 75.5% percent of the vote.
Prior to his appointment to the Supreme Court by Wilson, George had been appointed to the California Court of Appeal by Governor George Deukmejian in 1987, the Los Angeles Superior Court by Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. in 1977, and the Los Angeles Municipal Court by Governor Ronald Reagan in 1972.
George presided over the trial of Hillside Strangler Angelo Buono in 1981, when he was a superior court judge. George was widely lauded for his extremely unusual decision to deny the motion by Los Angeles...
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