ZIG ZAG: Two inmates serving life terms won their freedom from a judge Monday only to have it revoked by the N.C. Court of Appeals. The political and legal tug-of-war over a group of inmates sentenced in the 1970s continues with Gov. Perdue vowing to oppose release. The inmates argue [...]
When a friend called to ask me to support Leto Copeley for NC Court of Appeals, I had that deer-in-the-headlights reaction. Who? What? Judges? Already? That's a familiar pattern for me around judicial races, and seems to be a common among many friends who have almost no idea [...]
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a hearing on the nominations of two North Carolina judges for the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Judges Albert Diaz and Jim Wynn will appear before the committee at 3 p.m. Wednesday.
The hearing offers senators the chance to question the nominees [...]
The State Board of Elections will call Ruffin Poole to testify next week about the campaign finances of former Gov. Mike Easley.
Poole was called to testify in the board's October hearings, but a judge quashed the subpoena. The N.C. Court of Appeals overruled that decision [...]
N.C. Court of Appeals Judge Rick Elmore has announced he will run for re-election in 2010, reports Mandy Locke.
Elmore was initially elected to the court in 2002. Prior to that, he practiced law in Greenboro, specializing in criminal defense and real property law. He represented indigent clients in state [...]
CHARGE IT: Former state Rep. Thomas Wright's 2008 obstruction of justice conviction came on a made-up charge, his lawyer argued before an N.C. Court of Appeals panel Monday. An attorney for the state told the judges that the charge fit well with Wright's actions. (N&O)
HIRING THAWED: [...]
N.C. Court of Appeals Judge Sanford Steelman announced Monday he is seeking a second term.
First elected in 2002 as a Republican, Steelman is the only judge on the Court of Appeals from the Charlotte area. He and his wife, Buff, live in Weddington.
Steelman plans to participate in [...]
George Holding, the Republican-appointed U.S. attorney for North Carolina's eastern district, expressed some angst over changes in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, which includes North Carolina.
Holding was attending the conservative Federalists Society annual convention in Washington last week when he stepped to [...]
