
Career Highlights: Appointed to the San Diego County Superior Court by Gov. Pete Wilson, 1998; Presiding judge, San Diego County Superior Court, 2018-2019; chief deputy district attorney, deputy district attorney, San Diego County, 1983-98
Law School: University San Diego School of Law
SAN DIEGO -- Blood has been spilled in San Diego County Superior Court Judge Peter C. Deddeh's courtroom.
In one attack in 2012, a convict was brought in as a witness in a prison assault trial. When another convict was testifying, out of nowhere, the inmate sliced the face of his defense attorney with a razor he had hidden in his mouth, shocking jurors and a group of high school students who were visiting as part of a class ass... (continued)