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Article: Moreno expected to be confirmed to California Supreme Court.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- October 16, 2001
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SAN JOSE, Calif. _ Barring an unforeseen development, Los Angeles federal Judge Carlos Moreno will be confirmed Thursday as a California Supreme Court justice.
In a thick stack of documents released Tuesday, lawyers and judges praised both his legal credentials and personal style, a statewide judicial screening commission branded him "exceptionally well qualified" for the Supreme Court and nobody stepped forward to oppose his nomination by Gov. Gray Davis.
At Thursday's confirmation hearing before a three-member commission, five witnesses will testify for Moreno, including Davis. There is no testimony scheduled against Moreno, nominated to succeed the ...