News & Observer Index, 1926-1992

Judges

Counting method decreases jail time; Judges differ on how many hours constitute a weekend day in
prison - Fe 16 87 1
Bill seeks to restrict mention of sentence in sexual abuse cases - Fe 24 87 7A
Substitute sentence sent back to committee - Mr 5 87 9A
Senate supports end to mandatory appeals (for life sentences) - Mr 25 87 8A
Panel OKs reducing some DWI sentences - Ap 11 87 9A
Bill seeks to clarify rules for sentencing - Ap 19 87 37A
Bill to prevent deferral of DWI sentencing dies - My 29 87 14A
Effects of Fair Sentencing Act seem to be waning, study says - Jy 21 87 1
Report says N.C. Indians victims of justice system - Oc 18 87 38A

Judges

Fayetteville attorney (Johnson) chosen for Superior Court judgeship - Ja 8 83 2C
Lawyers to render verdicts on judges in statewide survey - Ja 27 83 18A
Eastern N. C. judges ranked busiest, second-most efficient - Fe 8 83 12C
Judges (bill to make assault on judges a felony) - Fe 8 83 3C
Under the dome: Sylva judge (Thornburg) to quit, may become candidate - Fe 17 83 1
Assault of judges (bill) - Fe 23 83 12C
Superior Court judges (bill to change way judges are elected) - My 11 83 5C
Court attracted black judge (Harrell) early on - My 22 83 26A
Judge (Friday) orders magistrate's (Bonner's) dismissal - My 26 83 26A

Judges

Helms' judicial choice (Boyle) related to club leader - Ja 1 84 27A
Kin's choice surprise to Ellis - Ja 3 84 1C
Judicial newcomer (Tucker) in New Hanover stirs controversy - Ja 15 84 31A
Scotland Co. man (Ellis) to complete Britt's judicial term - Ja 26 84 15A
Britt aide (Ross) is selected for judgeship - Fe 1 84 2C
Hickory lawyer (Green) named as District Court judge - Fe 4 84 6B
District Court post goes to New Bern attorney (Hunter) - Fe 25 84 13A
Hunt names woman (Pope) to Superior Court bench - Mr 2 84 16D
N.C. native (Bason) is sworn in as judge - Mr 8 84 1C
Woman (Pope) accepts Superior Court appointment - Mr 24 84 2C
Guilford judge (Cecil) resigns administrative duties - Ap 1 84 25A
Boone judge (Lamm) gets Superior Court post - Ap 19 84 5C
Inquiry into Durham judge's (Galloway's) actions being conducted,
newspaper reports - Ap 29 84 33A
Terrence Boyle, ex-Helms aide, sworn in as federal district judge - My 30 84 14C
Attorneys ask that suit against 7 judges be dismissed (controversial
rulings) - Jn 26 84 1C

Judges

Lawsuit challenging judges' rulings on DWI constitutionality dismissed - Jn 30 84 1C
6 present petitions against judge (Barefoot) - Jy 6 84 2C
Administrative law bill stuck in committee - Jy 7 84 18C
Under the dome: Judges get politicking guidelines - Jy 8 84 1
Branch denies panel's request to move judge - Jy 12 84 12B
Judge's private court method faulted (Galloway) - Au 8 84 1
Woman (Timmons) gets new judgeship in Cumberland and Hoke - Se 1 84 3C
Under the dome: Suit considered over election of judges - No 15 84 1
Voting rights lawsuit challenges creation of state judgeships - No 29 84 16C
Hunt announces 2 judgeship appointments (John; Pachnowski) - De 2 84 46A
Riley says judges have power to control scheduling of trials - De 6 84 32A
Judicial appointment may break ground (first black or first woman
judge) - De 11 84 2C
Durham attorney (Williams) appointed as judge - De 15 84 8B
Under the dome: Merit selection of judges being reconsidered - De 23 84 1

Judges

Many lawmakers backing change in picking judges - Ja 2 87 8C
First female resident judge (Hyatt) sworn in for Superior Court - Ja 4 87 36A
More study on selection of judges advocated - Ja 17 87 24C

Judges

Maverick judge (Martin) prepares to retire - grudgingly - Ja 6 92, 1B
Under the Dome: Ballot may decide party's court pick - Ja 7 92, 1B
Hedrick retiring from appeals court - Fe 21 92, 2B
New bankruptcy judge (Leonard) chosen; Magistrate judge will succeed late Thomas Moore in Eastern district - Mr 21 92, 8C
Misconduct charge filed against judge (Hair) - Ap 28 92, 4B
Court rebuffs Martin on judges' terms - My 9 92, 2B
Tar Heel editors speak: Judgeships filled to overflowing - My 24 92, 27A
Courts like Democrats, Martin says - Jn 12 92, 1B
Bill to equalize judges' retirement age passed - Jn 18 92, 4B
Panel supports raising judges' retirement age - Jn 24 92, 4B
Lottery tacked onto bill; House likely to evade unusual Senate action - Jn 25 92, 1
New bankruptcy judge (Leonard) named in N.C. district - Jy 2 92, 5B
Senate OKs extending judges' retirement age - Jy 7 92, 4B
Women's groups charge judge (Hamrick) winks at abuse - Au 7 92, 4B
W. H. Bobbitt, retired N.C. chief justice, dies - Se 28 92, 1
Tar Heels in line for U.S. judicial posts - No 12 92, 1B
Federal court revives GOP suit over judges; Complaint challenges statewide elections - De 2 92, 1
State GOP challenges judicial election process; Lawsuit against statewide voting deserves to be heard, court rules - De 6 92, 1C
Editorial: Judicial elections flawed - De 8 92, 10A
Orr criticizes fellow judge, decries political jockeying; Partisan system called a 'festering cancer' in courts - De 12 92, 1B
Editorial: Orr rows a true course - De 17 92, 18A
Attorney general seeks reversal of decision on electing judges - De 20 92, 4C

Judges

Reagan to nominate N. C. man (Ellis) to bench - No 24 82 8A
Black loses campaign for resident judgeship - No 25 82 16C
Creech appointed to district bench - No 25 82 1C
N. C. judges to probe 'ambiguity' in juries' sentencing instructions - De 1 82 4C
Editorial: Judge (Reed) dodges on DUI - De 4 82 4A
Wentworth man named new chief district judge - De 4 82 9A
Senate confirms Greensboro lawyer (Bullock) for U. S. judgeship - De 11 82 4C
Under the dome: Woman (Morris-Goodson) top contender for District Court seat - De 29 82 6A

Judges

Secrecy of judicial standards panel spurs concern - My 31 83 1
Hunt appoints Superior Court judge (Downs) - Jn 9 83 16C
Under the dome: Hunt delays decision on judicial posts - Jn 22 83 1
Judge (Sumner) appointed for 7th district - Au 9 83 2C
Publicity urged in panel probes (of judges) 1C
Presiding judge in Green case (Long) known as mediator - Se 18 83 31A
Britt to resign as superior court judge effective Jan. 1 - Se 29 83 17A
Under the dome: Judges to be renamed to Superior Court posts - No 1 83 6A
Long Beach prosecutor is named district judge (Greer) - No 4 83 4D
Greensboro judge under probe quits (Kivett) - No 11 83 1
Several mentioned for judgeship (after Kivett's resignation) - No 12 83 2C
Under the dome: Hunt not rushing to fill judicial vacancy - No 19 83 1
Judge Kivett removed from office; high court cites influence peddling - De 7 83 1
Flaherty raps judges for attending Hunt event - De 14 83 4C
Judges differ on value of bar association survey - De 20 83 1C
Raeford attorney (Pate) appointed as judge in 12th district - De 21 83 20A
Rule to force N. C. judges to report sources of income more than $1,000 - De 22 83 14C
Under the dome: Hill to give up appellate court seat - De 22 83 1
Judges advised to avoid events for candidates - De 23 83 1
Editorial: Politicians sans politics - De 27 83 4A
Dupree action (taking senior status") creates opening for federal judge - De 29 83 14C
Chief judge (Wheeler) resigns in 3rd District - De 30 83 2D
Ex-Helms aide (Boyle) backed for bench - De 31 83 1C"

Judges

Embattled Wake judge (BULLOCK) prizes order - Ap 3 89 1C
Senate panel approves compromise judges bill (election of judges) - Ap 6 89 12A
Other opinion: - ...But justice can't be driven by politics - Ap 10 89 9A
Other opinion: - Election of judges is people's right... - Ap 10 89 9A
Judicial appointment measure clears panel - Ap 13 89 16A
Senate tentatively approves judicial appointments amendment - My 4 89 28A
Vote switch saves judicial selection bill - My 5 89 1
Tar Heel of the week: - Lingering in the legal system, he can't quit court - My 7 89 3D
Abortion-protest ruling unbiased, judge says - My 25 89 2C
Bill to allow federal judge to perform nuptials killed - Jn 1 89 17A
Walter J. Bone dies; was Superior Court judge in Nash County - Jn 1 89 3C
Durham plan targets 'judge shopping' - Jn 6 89 16C
Panel seeks censure of Wake judge; GREENE is accused of humiliating women - Jy 15 89 1
Hugh B. Campbell, original member of appeals court, dies - Au 6 89 29A
352 new jobs reinforce justice system - Au 20 89 30A
Under the Dome: - Wilson named judge - Au 26 89 4A
Under the Dome: - Bush backers push Cobb for judgeship - Se 8 89 1
Editorial: - When judges are on trial - Se 22 89 18A
Judges' hours debated; Chief justice seeks accounting of time - Oc 21 89 1
District Court judges bemoan their 'second'class' status - No 6 89 2C
Tar Heel editors speak: - Politics bars district election of judges - No 26 89 7D
Under the Dome: - Judge Becton says he's leaving bench - De 9 89 1B
Offenders still drive after DWI; Judges called lax on limited privileges - De 14 89 1

Judges

Gaston man (Mullen) front-runner for judgeship - Ja 6 90 5B
David Q. LaBarre replaced (by Titus) as Durham County chief judge - Ja 14 90 4C
Editorial: Putting justice to a vote - Ja 17 90 14A
Judge (Snow) questions his freedom to speak - Ja 18 90 5B
Black woman (Duncan) named to appeals court - Fe 3 90 3B
Proposed judicial election guidelines - Fe 17 90 12A
Editorial: Folly in judicial elections - Fe 21 90 12A
Under the Dome: GOP sets strategy for judges' races - Fe 26 90 1B
Raleigh Democrat counters political attacks on judges - Mr 8 90 6B
Under the Dome: Ex-judge's wife (Becton) sworn in - Mr 8 90 3B
Chief appeals judge (Hedrick) back after surgery - Mr 22 90 5B
Editorial: Justice for, and by, all - Ap 4 90 12A
They've heard it all; Better save your excuses for the judge, unless you're really creative - Ap 12 90 1E
Cuts would strain scales of justice, officials say - My 15 90 4B
Senator's bill gives spouse another shot at new judgeship - Jn 7 90 3B
Martin selects Warren as Superior Court judge - Jn 15 90 4B
State elections board places judges on ballot with Helms - Jn 26 90 1
Editorial: Juggling the would-be judges - Jn 30 90 14A
Martin names McKissick to disputed judgeship - Jn 30 90 1B
House poised to vote on ending elections for appellate judges - Jy 5 90 1
Democrats backed for judgeships; Republican action on ballots descried - Jy 6 90 3B
Veto amendment shelved in House; 4-year terms, appointment powers die - Jy 6 90 1
Partisan brawl no way to pick state's judges - Jy 22 90 6J
Republicans assail letter on judgeships - Au 3 90 3B
Judicial standards panel to open hearings to public - Au 8 90 4B
Editorial: Judicial inquiry's dangers - Au 9 90 16A
Panel asks court to censure Wake judge (BULLOCK) - Au 24 90 1
Under the Dome: Bar group's panel may close meetings - Se 7 90 1B
Under the Dome: Judiciary biasing election, GOP says - Se 15 90 1B
Study says judiciary changing to reflect population - Se 21 90 3B
Editorial: Martin's ugly attack (method of selecting judges) - Se 26 90 18A
Party politics are hauled into court - Se 30 90 1J
Politics turns up the heat under state judges - Se 30 90 6J
Martin launches new attack on judges - Oc 17 1B
Exum asks GOP to halt 'false statements' on Democrats - Oc 18 90 3B
Editorial: A crop of good judges - Oc 28 90 6J
Bar association appeals for end to electing judges - No 3 90 3B
Editorial: Superior Court: best picks - No 3 90 16A
Editorial: When judges must worry - No 9 90 18A
Under the Dome: Martin is ordered to give deposition (on election of judges) - No 19 90 1B
New federal judge (Mullen) discomfited by deference he gets - No 21 90 5B
The judge of judges leaves job; Judicial Standards chair (Arnold) is ready to step down - De 24 90 1B

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