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Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct that Magistrate Geraldine Hale worked for the Pima County Public Defender's Office before becoming a judge. The City Magistrate Merit ...
JOHANNESBURG - A preliminary inquiry into the assault of a fellow pupil by seven teenagers is continuing at the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court. A disturbing video emerged, showing some girls ...
While both judges and magistrates preside over court proceedings, judges are elected officials, while magistrates are appointed. Magistrates assist judges with caseloads, handling certain hearings ...
Vigo County will soon be getting another magistrate judge to help with the Superior Court caseload after the Legislature passed House Bill 1144, which reduced or added a number of judicial posts ...
LAS CRUCES — Former Doña Ana County Magistrate Judge Joel Cano defended himself and criticized the arrest of three Venezuelan men at his home in a blistering 23-page response last month to an ...
SOUTH BEND, IN (WSBT) — A new magistrate judge has been selected for the St. Joseph Circuit Court. Molly E. Donnelly was selected to replace retiring magistrate, Andre B. Gammage. Donnelly is a ...
FLORENCE — Florence County Magistrate Tommy G. Mourounas was suspended April 21 by the S.C. Supreme Court for misconduct. An order signed by Chief Justice John W. Kittredge suspended Mourounas ...
The Supreme Court says the removal of Magistrate David Hanson comes after he issued a denial of an arrest warrant that included his own disparaging views about young male victims of sexual assault.
Police are investigating a murder inside the Wynberg Magistrate's Court building. The incident has placed court security in the spotlight again. The shooting occurred on Tuesday morning while several ...
Residents along the East Bank of Demerara now have easier access to justice following the inauguration yesterday of the new Friendship Magistrate’s Court. The Department of Public Information ...
SOMERSET COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — A Somerset County judge weighed in Thursday on a dispute over signatures for candidates in the race for magistrate judge. One candidate, Amy Thomas, will have a more ...
St. Joseph Circuit Court Magistrate Judge Andre Gammage will retire in the beginning of May, ending his 12 years on the bench, most recently in the Mishawaka court. At age 62, Gammage told The ...