San Diego County Superior Court
By Pat Alston
Daily Journal Staff Writer SAN DIEGO - The young man had violated the terms of his probation numerous times. San Diego County Superior Court Judge Leo Valentine Jr. scanned the man's thick court file, then looked him squarely in the eyes. "'Why are you back? What's the problem here?'" Valentine recalled asking the man. "Usually, behavior is explainable," Valentine said recently. "So I tend to ask those questio... (continued)
Daily Journal Staff Writer SAN DIEGO - The young man had violated the terms of his probation numerous times. San Diego County Superior Court Judge Leo Valentine Jr. scanned the man's thick court file, then looked him squarely in the eyes. "'Why are you back? What's the problem here?'" Valentine recalled asking the man. "Usually, behavior is explainable," Valentine said recently. "So I tend to ask those questio... (continued)
