January 2013 News Releases

	01/31/2013 State of Judiciary released TOPEKA—Chief Justice Lawton R. Nuss Thursday suggested legislators create and fund 22 new judicial positions as an alternative to repealing a statute that mandates at least one judge be located in each of the state's 105 counties and essentially prevents the Judicial Branch from transferring some of those judges to where they are most ...
	01/25/2013 Supreme Court orders new trial TOPEKA—The Supreme Court today remanded a Topeka capital murder case for a new trial based on ineffective assistance of counsel for among other things volunteering to the jury that the defendant had a prior manslaughter conviction and repeatedly referring to his client as a "professional drug dealer" and "shooter of people ...
	01/22/2013 Sedgwick County judge to sit with Supreme Court TOPEKA—Sedgwick County District Judge Joseph Bribiesca has been appointed to sit with the state Supreme Court Tuesday, January 29, to hear oral arguments in a review of a Court of Appeals decision affirming the dismissal of a Lyon County personal injury case.The Supreme Court appointed Judge Bribiesca to join them for the appeal in place of ...
	01/11/2013 Nominees sought for 9th Judicial District judge vacancy TOPEKA—A nominating commission charged with naming candidates to fill a district judge vacancy in the 9th Judicial District has issued a request for assistance from the public.The 9th Judicial District includes the counties of Harvey and McPherson.The nine-member commission is responsible for submitting the names of two or three nominees to ...