San Bernardino Superior Court will focus on expansion of courtrooms, with an improved budget but a heavy court report shortage, Presiding Judge Glenn Yabuno said at his State of the Court address Feb. 16.
Yabuno spoke at the San Bernardino County Bar Association’s Family Law Bench Bar Symposium at the DoubleTree by Hilton in San Bernardino.
Court reporters
The court is short 25 reporters of its 96 authorized positions. The court will repurpose reporters from civil and probate to criminal on Feb. 27.
In some California counties, courts are using electronic recording, instead of legally mandated court reporters, for felony murder trials.
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