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Friday, February 24, 2006
Ind. Courts - Reports about judges
"Judge being investigated resigns, moves to Canada" is the headline to a brief story today in the Indianapolis Star about "The judge of the Lawrence Township Small Claims Court, the Rev. Terry N. Hursh, [who] has moved to Canada to lead a new church despite a two-year FBI investigation of his court. * * * Republicans will hold a caucus March 4 to select a replacement to finish out Hursh's term."
"Judge's excuse accepted this time" is the headline to a story in the Munster (NW Indiana) Times. Some quotes:
CROWN POINT | Lake Superior Court County Division Judge Jesse M. Villalpando talked his way out of a fine or worse Thursday by saying he broke the law by mistake and that he was sorry.His enraged political opponent complained the judge would never accept that lame excuse in his courtroom. But the Lake County Board of Elections and Voter Registration voted to pardon the judge for failing to file complete and timely campaign disclosures.
Merrillville lawyer Stanley Jablonski said he was particularly upset with attorneys who sit on and work for the elections board.
"The legal thinking I heard today came out of the fifth grade. Two of your lawyers held the rug up while another used the broom to sweep this under it," Jablonski said.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on February 24, 2006 09:19 AM
Posted to Indiana Courts