MARTINEZ — Simply three weeks after she helped safe a six-year jail time period for a now former Contra Costa County deputy convicted of assault in a deadly taking pictures, longtime prosecutor Colleen Gleason has been made a superior court docket decide.
Gleason, a deputy district legal professional in Contra Costa since 2002, was appointed March 25 by Gov. Gavin Newsom, in keeping with a information launch from Newsom’s workplace. She is to exchange retiring Choose Cheryl Mills.
In her 20 years on the District Lawyer’s workplace, Gleason prosecuted a spread of instances, together with current stints within the sexual assault and murder items. Her last case was the prosecution of Andrew Corridor, a Contra Costa deputy who fatally shot two folks in Danville inside a three-year span.
Final yr, simply weeks after Corridor shot and killed 32-year-old Tyrell Wilson in Danville, county prosecutors charged him with manslaughter and assault with a firearm within the 2018 taking pictures dying of Laudemer Arboleda. Corridor shot and killed Arboleda throughout a gradual velocity police chase by Danville, whereas backing out of the way in which of Arboleda’s oncoming automotive.
Corridor’s attorneys argued the taking pictures was lawful self-defense. Jurors couldn’t attain a verdict on the manslaughter rely however convicted Corridor of assault with gun enhancements.
Choose Terri Mockler sentenced Corridor to 6 years in state jail on March 4, however he has remained within the Contra Costa County Jail system ever since
Gleason prosecuted the case alongside Chris Walpole, a high-ranking member of the DA’s workplace who lives on the East Coast. Gleason took the lead on the trial, giving opening statements and shutting arguments to the jury.
Gleason’s boss, Contra Costa District Lawyer Diana Becton, is considered one of 18 individuals who make up the Bay Space’s Judicial Choice Advisory Committee, which recommends potential judges to the governor’s workplace.
A Lafayette resident, Gleason spent a yr as a clerk on the San Diego Metropolis Lawyer’s Workplace after graduating from legislation faculty in San Diego, then got here to the Contra Costa DA’s workplace.
Different notable judicial appointments across the state embrace Andi Mudryk, the primary overtly transgender decide to serve, who was appointed to the Sacramento Superior Court docket.