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词条 David Minier
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  1. Early life and education

  2. Career

  3. References

  4. External links

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David Minier (born October 1, 1934) is a retired California judge.

Early life and education

Minier was born on October 1, 1934 in Ventura, California. He graduated Princeton University with a B.A. in 1957 and graduated Stanford Law School in 1960. He has also studied at the National Judicial College, The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School, and Oxford University.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}

Career

Minier was a city councilman in Santa Maria from 1964 to 1966. Starting in 1967, Minier served as district attorney in Santa Barbara County, California, and went on to serve as DA of Madera County from 1976–1991.[1] He was Judge of the Superior Court of Madera County from 1991 to 2003.

During his career, Minier was prosecutor in over 300 jury trials. He was DA in Santa Barbara County during the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill, and the trial of Gourgen Yanikian in 1972, for the assassination of two Turkish consular officials.[2] He also prosecuted about 900 rioters during the 1970 riots in Isla Vista.[3][4] In Madera County he prosecuted the defendants of the 1976 Chowchilla kidnapping.[5] In 1994 Minier sued the CIA for withholding information on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.[6][7]

He served as military attorney for the California State Military Reserve from 1983–2004, retired as Colonel.[8] He was awarded the U.S. Army Commendation Medal and Order of California for his military service.

He taught criminal law classes at Allan Hancock College from 1961-1966 and 1975-1976, and at Fresno City College from 1977-1981 and 1984-2004.

Although formally retired, Minier continues to serve as an assigned judge in central California. He is also the author of two novels, The Ararat Illusion (2011) and Rafiki (2015).

References

1. ^Brantingham, Barney. [https://www.independent.com/news/2012/feb/23/da-who-loved-headlines/ "The DA Who Loved Headlines."] The Santa Barbara Independent, February 23, 2012.
2. ^"Armenian genocide: How Valley prosecutor missed his chance to be ‘immortal symbol of justice." The Fresno Bee, January 26, 2018.
3. ^Griffith, Winthrop. [https://www.nytimes.com/1970/08/30/archives/the-isla-vista-war-campus-violence-in-a-class-by-itself-the-isla.html "The Isla Vista War—Campus Violence In a Class By Itself."] The New York Times, August 30, 1970.
4. ^Sharp, Kathleen. "The Big-Game Hunter's Big Gamble." The Los Angeles Times, July 29, 2001.
5. ^Fagan, Kevin. [https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Chowchilla-kidnappers-unlikely-allies-for-parole-2474602.php "Chowchilla kidnappers' unlikely allies for parole."] SFGate, February 24, 2011.
6. ^[https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-9th-circuit/1404853.html "Minier v. Central Intelligence Agency."] Findlaw, July 8, 1996.
7. ^[https://www.c-span.org/video/?72641-1/minier-v-cia "Minier vs. CIA".] C-SPAN, May 13, 1996.
8. ^Terry, Shannon. [https://static.dvidshub.net/media/pubs/pdf_15086.pdf "Military Appeals Panel hears first oral arguments."] Grizzly vol. 8 no. 5, June 2013.

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