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How did Charles Sandoval, the worst judge in Collin County, wind up sitting on a Dallas bench?

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How did Charles Sandoval, the worst judge in Collin County, wind up sitting on a Dallas bench?

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By by Trey Garrison D Magazine DEC 2009 There’s always that guy who stays long after the party has ended. Drop all the hints you want. But he’s going through your music collection and checking to see if your couch folds out. Tell him you have an early meeting, and he’ll ask if you have anything to make a sandwich with. Which brings us to Judge Charles Sandoval, arguably the most ineffective judge working in Dallas County today. The party that Sandoval won’t let end gracefully started in 1996, when he took over the 380th District Court in Collin County. If history serves as any guide, he should have been able to keep his job for as long as he wanted it. But Collin County voters threw him out 12 years later. It’s difficult to pinpoint any single cause for his defeat. But lawyers who tried cases in his courtroom say he was petty, cruel, inconsistent, and just plain rude. “Oh, he played favorites, and he would just litigate from the hip with no regard for what the law said,” says attorney

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