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Apr. 8, 2009

Triumph and Tragedy

Days after being elected a court commissioner, Randolph E. Heubach witnessed the murder of his law partner by a convicted arsonist bent on revenge for his imprisonment.

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Triumph and Tragedy
Marin County Superior Court
By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN RAFAEL - On a sunny November day in 1986, Randolph E. Heubach heard a cracking sound as he sat in his law office, where he was winding down his practice and preparing to start work as a newly hired Marin County Superior Court commissioner.

The noise came from the office across the hall where a lone gunman bent on murderous revenge was shooting to death Heubach's friend, mentor and law partner W... (continued)

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