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Howard H. Shore
Howard H. Shore is a judge of the Superior Court of San Diego County in California. His current term ends on January 4, 2027.
Shore won re-election for judge of the Superior Court of San Diego County in California outright in the primary on March 3, 2020, after the primary and general election were canceled.
Elections
2020
Incumbent Howard H. Shore was the only candidate to file and won the position by default when the election was canceled.
2014
See also: California judicial elections, 2014
Shore ran for re-election to the San Diego County Superior Court.
As an unopposed incumbent, he was automatically re-elected without appearing on the ballot.
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2002, 2008
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Education
Shore received his B.S. degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1969, his J.D. from the University of San Diego in 1972 and his LL.M. from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 1973.[2]
Career
Shore spent sixteen years as a deputy district attorney prior to becoming a judge. He served on the San Diego Municipal Court, and then joined the Superior Court.[2]
Noteworthy cases
First Amendment doesn't apply to chalk protester, says judge
Jeff Olson's trial began on June 25, 2013, and Judge Shore ruled that he can't mention the First Amendment. The San Diego man was accused of 13 counts of vandalism for a protest against big banks in which he wrote slogans in chalk outside Bank of America. Judge Shore granted a motion by the prosecution, Deputy City Attorney Paige Hazard, that Olson's attorney was not allowed to mention the First Amendment or free speech in any way during the trial.[3]
According to Judge Shore,
| “ | The State's Vandalism Statute does not mention First Amendment rights.[3][4] | ” |
In the 1995 case, Mackinney v. Nielsen, a man was acquitted after his use of chalk was determined not to be vandalism. However, the state then passed a law that changed the definition of vandalism to any defacement made "with graffiti or other inscribed material."[3]
Olson was acquitted on all 13 counts by the jury. According to reporter Dorian Hargrove of the San Diego Reader, presiding Judge Shore condemned the media after the acquittal for sensationalizing the case.[5]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Howard H. Shore did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Candidate list for June 3, 2014 primary election," accessed March 25, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 University of San Diego, "Faculty Bio, Hon. Howard Shore"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 San Diego Reader, "Chalking the plank: Judge won't allow bank protester to claim first amendment rights," June 25, 2013
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ BuzzFlash.com, "San Diego Jury Acquits on All Counts Occupy Protester Targeted by Bank of America," July 1, 2013
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