St. Joseph County
Judicial merit-selection override a possibility
May 14, 2009
Michael HoskinsThe state's top executive has rejected the idea of scrapping merit selection in St. Joseph County, but it remains unclear
whether lawmakers will attempt to override that veto during a special session.
MoreGovernor gets judicial merit-selection bill
May 6, 2009
Michael HoskinsGov. Mitch Daniels received today legislation that, if signed, would toss out merit selection and retention of St. Joseph
Superior judges and also create a new three-judge panel for the Indiana Court of Appeals.
MoreGovernor likely to soon get St. Joe judges bill
April 29, 2009
Michael HoskinsGov. Mitch Daniels will likely receive legislation today aimed primarily at scrapping judicial merit selection in St. Joseph
County and creating a new Indiana Court of Appeals panel starting 2011.
MoreUPDATE: Committee tweaking St. Joe judges bill
April 23, 2009
Michael HoskinsA legislative conference committee is debating what changes might be possible for a bill aimed at scrapping merit selection
for St. Joseph Superior judges.
MoreFormer justice discusses merit selection
April 22, 2009
Michael HoskinsDuring a visit to South Bend today, former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor pushed a message that merit
selection is the best way to ensure an independent judiciary, though her words come at a time when state lawmakers are close
to scrapping that very system in the county she visited.
MoreSenate OKs COA panel, St. Joe judge elections
April 15, 2009
Michael HoskinsThe full Senate voted today in support of legislation scrapping the St. Joseph Superior judge merit-selection system for judicial
elections, and also creating a new panel for the Indiana Court of Appeals.
MoreSenate gets St. Joe judges bill, with twist
April 8, 2009
Michael HoskinsThe full Indiana Senate will consider in the next week whether St. Joseph Superior judges should be elected or merit-selected
and retained by voters. A Senate committee wants the full legislative body to consider that issue, but with a twist: An amendment
has been attached to the controversial House Bill 1491.
MoreNo vote yet on St. Joe judges bill
April 1, 2009
Michael HoskinsAn Indiana Senate committee debated this morning a bill that would make it so St. Joseph Superior judges are elected rather
than chosen by merit selection and later retained by voters.
MoreSt. Joe judges election bill hearing Wednesday
March 31, 2009
IL StaffThe Indiana Senate Judiciary Committee will meet at 9 a.m. Wednesday in Room 130 at the Statehouse to discuss several
bills on first reading, including House Bill 1491, which would require nonpartisan elections of St. Joseph Superior judges.
MoreMagistrate: Uniroyal not liable for cleanup costs
February 27, 2009
Michael HoskinsAs a federal magistrate judge puts it, "All good things must come to an end."
MoreJustices affirm 1989 murder convictions
February 19, 2009
Michael HoskinsThe Indiana Supreme Court has upheld four murder convictions against a Lakeville man who as a teenager killed his family 20
years ago.
MoreHouse passes St. Joseph judicial election bill
February 13, 2009
Michael HoskinsIn a historically notable vote, the Indiana House of Representatives passed a bill that would elect St. Joseph Superior judges
rather than stick with a merit-selection and retention system in place for 35 years.
MoreSt. Joseph judicial election bill out of committee
February 5, 2009
IL StaffThe bill requiring the non-partisan election of Superior Court judges in St. Joseph County has made it out of committee.
MoreInvestiture for St. Joseph judge Friday
December 1, 2008
IL StaffRecently appointed St. Joseph Superior Judge Margot F. Reagan will officially take the bench Dec. 5 with a 4 p.m. robing ceremony
in the Superior Court courtroom in the St. Joseph County Courthouse.
MoreAttorneys needed for mock trial competition
November 25, 2008
IL StaffAttorneys are needed to serve as coaches for mock trial teams at Marian High School in Mishawaka.
MoreNew St. Joseph Superior judge appointed
October 24, 2008
IL StaffGov. Mitch Daniels has appointed South Bend attorney Margot Fisher Reagan to St. Joseph Superior Court to replace the retired
Judge William T. Means.
MoreSt. Joseph Bar releases judicial evaluation
October 16, 2008
IL StaffSt. Joseph County Bar Association members have evaluated the five St. Joseph Superior judges up for retention this year -
Judges Roland W. Chamblee Jr., David C. Chapleau, Jerome Frese, Jenny Pitts Manier, John M. Marnocha, Jane Woodward Miller,
and Michael P. Scopelitis. All of the judges received a combined average score of either average/acceptable or above average.
MoreCandidates interviewed for St. Joseph judgeship
September 12, 2008
IL Staffhe St. Joseph Superior Court Judicial Nominating Committee interviewed 15 candidates today to fill a vacancy on St. Joseph
Superior Court. The vacancy will be created when Judge William T. Means retires at the end of this month.
MoreCounties must pay for juvenile facilities
June 13, 2008
Jennifer NelsonIndiana counties are responsible to pay a portion of costs to operate juvenile detention facilities.
MoreJudicial nominees submitted to governor
January 1, 2008
IL StaffThe St. Joseph Superior Court Judicial Nomination Commission submitted five names today to Gov. Mitch Daniels to fill
an upcoming vacancy after St. Joseph Superior Judge William T. Means retires Sept. 30.
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Never heard of remand to another state. How often does that happen?
I highly recommend Deanna and her team of professionals that serve the legal community. Great information and many thanks for sharing.
they are pushing these cases against lawyers too far. thought-crime.
vagueness cannot challenged, so let's write all laws vaguely and throw the constitution out the window.Even if the court is operating under a particular law, if they don't it they will change it to their liking. What a joke!!!
Two convictions becomes one conviction with exactly the same sentence, only it is not clear wheter or not that sentence will be 18 months, 120 months or 138 months. Actually if the guns were in a home, whether or not they were his, he is protected under the 2nd amendment. Jurors need to learn the law and the constitution before judging others. The cour5ts need to do this as well.