Elaine Rushing
Elaine M. Rushing was a Sonoma County Superior Court judge.[1]
Drunk driving arrest
- See also: Politicians convicted of DUI
In June of 2005, Judge Rushing was arrested and convicted of driving under the influence. Rushing "was sentenced to 10 days in the Sonoma County Jail and three years informal probation after her attorney entered a no contest plea on her behalf. ... Another DUI charge and a hit-and-run charge, also misdemeanors were dismissed." Instead of serving jail time, Rushing took part in a work-release program.[2]
A year before her arrest, Rushing worked on two high-profile drunk driving cases involving the deaths of two bicyclists and the critical injury of another. Rushing handed down the stiffest possible sentence to the offending motorists.[3]
External links
- Judge: Water board must review decision on Klamath River algae
- Website of the Superior Court of Sonoma County
- California Courts, Trial Court Roster
Footnotes
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Federal courts:
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Central District of California, Eastern District of California, Northern District of California, Southern District of California • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Central District of California, Eastern District of California, Northern District of California, Southern District of California
State courts:
California Supreme Court • California Courts of Appeal • California Superior Courts
State resources:
Courts in California • California judicial elections • Judicial selection in California
