Judge Edward Bullard passes away
The Santa Barbara County Superior Court judge died following complications from heart surgery
POSTED: 02:12 PM PDT Mar 11, 2013
UPDATED: 09:30 AM PDT Mar 11, 2013
A popular Santa Barbara County Superior Court judge has passed away. Court officials say Judge Edward Bullard died Sunday afternoon, following complications from heart surgery.
Court officials said Bullard was released from the hospital on Friday, and seemed to be doing well.
But he passed away in his sleep Sunday afternoon.
Bullard presided over his Santa Maria courtroom since 2006.
Before that he spent 17 years as a Senior Deputy District Attorney, and 11 years as a CHP officer.
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