
Career Highlights: Appointed to the US District Court for Southern District by Pres. Joe Biden; appointed to the San Diego Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, March 2015; public defender, San Diego County, 1996-2015
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN DIEGO - In her misdemeanor arraignment and trial call department, San Diego County Superior Court Judge Marian F. Gaston often encounters defendants with lengthy criminal records.
When she handles sentencing for them, Gaston said she focuses more on what could be done to help them turn their lives around than simply how much jail time they should get.
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