
Daily Journal Staff Writer
FRESNO - As a federal public defender, Superior Court Judge Francine Zepeda tried so many carjacking cases in a three-year span that the office anointed her the "Carjacking Queen." In 25 years of public defense, she grew accustomed to working at a breakneck pace without ever having quite enough time to prepare.
So when Zepeda began her first assignment as a F... (continued)