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Overturned

Alissa Bjerkhoel

Year
2023
Where
California
Source
Wikipedia
Evidence
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What the record says

Alissa Leanne Bjerkhoel (pronounced byeer-kul) Is a Superior Court Judge for Nevada County, California. She was appointed to the bench on November 23 2023, and started serving on December 4 of same year. Prior to this she was an American litigation coordinator at the California Innocence Project (CIP).

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