Complex sentence: Thomas Fulton Crosby, Jr. (June 4,1940--January 23,2004) was an Associate Justice of the California Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division Three, having been appointed to the post by Governor Jerry Brown in 1982.
Split into simpler sentences: Thomas Fulton Crosby, Jr. (June 4,1940--January 23,2004) was an American judge. He acted as Associate Justice of the California Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division Three, having been appointed to the post by Jerry Brown as Governor in 1982.