Public Decisions Database
This database contains decisions on all public judicial disciplinary cases since the inception of the commission in 1960. Cases not involving public charges or public discipline remain confidential under the California Constitution and the commission’s rules.
Pursuant to amendments to the Constitution, which took effect in March 1995, the commission is authorized to impose all disciplinary sanctions, subject to discretionary review by the Supreme Court. Prior to that, the Supreme Court had the authority to censure or remove judges from office upon recommendation by the commission.
Case Profile
New Search| First Name | Jose I. |
| Last Name | Sandoval |
| Title | Judge |
| Inquiry No. | N/A |
| Court Level | Superior Court |
| County/Appellate District | Los Angeles |
| Discipline/Determination | Public admonishment |
| Decision By | Commission |
| Date of Decision | 05/20/2019 |
| Method of Resolution | Decision |
| Types of Misconduct | Decisional delay/false salary affidavits Failure to ensure rights |
| Petition For Review | |
| Summary | Judge Sandoval failed to resentence a criminal defendant for more than three years after the Court of Appeal directed him to do so. Judge Sandoval continued the sentencing hearing on many occasions, often at the request of counsel. Judge Sandoval failed to exert control over the process to assure that sentencing occurred within a reasonable period of time. This subjected the defendant to an unnecessary and indefinite delay before Judge Sandoval imposed a sentence. Judge Sandoval’s misconduct was aggravated by prior discipline for similar misconduct, an incorrect statement in his response to the notice of public discipline that he had “no history of discipline,” and a lack of appreciation for the impropriety of his misconduct. |
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