
By Blake Edwards
Daily Journal Staff Writer
TAFT - Kern County Superior Court Judge Craig Phillips likes to refer to his courtroom in Taft as "central casting." Any given person might be a defendant one day and a victim or a witness on the next, he said.
To say that Phillips is more acquainted than the average judge with his fellow townspeople would be an understatement. Attorneys say Kern County District Attorney Lisa S. Green has a policy of ... (continued)