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Jesús Ricardo Treviño: [26] First Latino American male judge in Allen County, Indiana (2021) William Clarence Hueston, Sr.: [27] First African American male to serve as a judge in Gary, Indiana (1924) [Lake County, Indiana] James C. Kimbrough: [28] First African American male appointed as a Judge of the Lake County Superior Court, Indiana
Joseph Edward Corcoran (April 18, 1975 – December 18, 2024) was an American convicted mass murderer who was executed for a quadruple murder case in Indiana. Corcoran was found guilty of the 1997 murders of his brother, his sister's fiancé, and two of their friends at his house in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and he was sentenced to death in 1999.
The issue of racial bias in jury selection has been complicated by the question of whose rights are implicated; the potential juror's, or the defendant's. [10] A Michigan Law Review article, published in 1978, asserted that young people, during that period, were under-represented on the nation's jury rolls. [11]
"The State insists that Kizer has no right to a jury trial because civil forfeitures pursuant to Indiana's drug forfeiture laws are a special statutory procedure intended exclusively for trial by ...
The Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission, which also serves as the Indiana Judicial Qualifications Commission, is a panel consisting of the Chief Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court and six other members chosen by those admitted to practice law in Indiana and by the Governor of Indiana to select judges to serve on the Indiana Court of Appeals and the Indiana Supreme Court.
Lake County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. In 2020, its population was 498,700, [ 9 ] making it Indiana's second-most populous county . The county seat is Crown Point . [ 10 ]
The cases these courts hear can vary tremendously from county to county." [ 2 ] For example, in Howard County, Indiana , with a population of less than 100,000, [ 3 ] the Circuit Court is a court of general jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases and exclusive jurisdiction over juvenile cases, [ 4 ] while the Superior Court 1 primarily hears ...
As a lawyer, Justice Rucker served on the board of directors of the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association and on the board of directors of the Northwest Indiana Legal Services Organization. He also served as a deputy prosecuting attorney for Lake County, Indiana, City Attorney for the City of Gary, and practiced general law in East Chicago, Indiana.