LOS ANGELES - A 69-year-old former lawyer and Superior Court judge was sentenced Thursday to four years in state prison after pleading no contest to stealing from elderly clients, including a woman on life support, officials said. Huey Percy Shepard was taken into custody immediately after he was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Patricia Titus.
"At long last, we have justice in this case," said Deputy District Attorney Edward Miller.
Shepard pleaded no contest in April to one count of theft from an elder or dependent adult, one count of perjury, two counts of grand theft by embezzlement and one count of writing a bad check. He also admitted to the special allegations that the loss to victims was more than $50,000 and to an aggravated white collar crime allegation. Although he was ordered to pay more than $200,000 in restitution, Shepard has not repaid a penny, Miller said.
Shepard served as a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge from 1975 to 1981, but has since resigned from the State Bar of California.
Details here from the AP via the San Jose Mercury News.