5th District Court of Appeal (Fresno)
Career Highlights: Appointed justice, 5th District Court of Appeal, by Gov. Pete Wilson, Aug. 5, 1997; judge, Fresno Superior Court, 1989-97; judge, Fresno Municipal Court, 1988-89; sole practitioner, 1977-88; intern, Fresno County district attorney's office, 1976; research assistant to Fresno Superior Court Judge Denver C. Peckinpah, 1976.
Law School: McGeorge School of Law
Career Highlights: Appointed justice, 5th District Court of Appeal, by Gov. Pete Wilson, Aug. 5, 1997; judge, Fresno Superior Court, 1989-97; judge, Fresno Municipal Court, 1988-89; sole practitioner, 1977-88; intern, Fresno County district attorney's office, 1976; research assistant to Fresno Superior Court Judge Denver C. Peckinpah, 1976.
Law School: McGeorge School of Law
By Emily Green
Daily Journal Staff Writer
FRESNO - Have you ever looked at Google maps on your smartphone while driving and wondered: Am I breaking the law?
According to Justice Herbert I. Levy, the answer is no - an answer sure to comfort multitudes of offenders.
In a decision that attracted coverage by national news outlets, Levy ruled in February that a law barring the use of cellphones unless they are hands-free does not cover the use of a ce... (continued)
