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Judge Duty station Born Term of service Appointed by Active Chief Senior; 25 Chief Judge Kristine Baker: Little Rock: 1971 2012–present 2023–present — Obama: 23 District Judge Brian S. Miller: Little Rock: 1967 2008–present 2012–2019 — G.W. Bush: 24 District Judge D. Price Marshall Jr. Little Rock: 1963 2010–present 2019–2023 ...
To be chief, a judge must have been in active service on the court for at least one year, be under the age of 65, and have not previously served as chief judge. A vacancy is filled by the judge highest in seniority among the group of qualified judges. The chief judge serves for a term of seven years, or until age 70, whichever occurs first.
A citizen's right to a trial by jury is a central feature of the United States Constitution. [1] It is considered a fundamental principle of the American legal system. Laws and regulations governing jury selection and conviction/acquittal requirements vary from state to state (and are not available in courts of American Samoa), but the fundamental right itself is mentioned five times in the ...
A judge of a United States district court is officially titled a "United States District Judge". Other federal judges, including circuit judges and Supreme Court justices, can also sit in a district court upon assignment by the chief judge of the circuit or by the Chief Justice of the United States.
A federal judge has ruled that former Ald. Edward Burke’s allegedly insensitive comments on wiretaps about Jewish lawyers can be heard by the jury at his upcoming corruption trial. Burke’s ...
Arkansas Circuit Courts (28 judicial circuits) [4] [2] Arkansas District Courts [2] Arkansas State District Courts (32 state judicial districts) [5] Arkansas Local District Courts (35 local district courts) [5] Arkansas County Courts (75 counties) Federal courts located in Arkansas. United States District Court for the Eastern District of ...
The entire room went silent for about five seconds before the defense attorney regained his composure and asked the judge to dismiss the jury pool. The judge dismissed us back to the holding room.
The Jury Act scrapped the "key man" system of "blue ribbon juries", in which jury commissioners typically solicited the names of "men of recognized intelligence and probity" from notables or "key men" of the community. A 1967 survey of federal courts showed that 60 percent still relied primarily on this so-called key man system for the names of ...