Local Judge Makes the First Cut
After almost 17 years on the bench of the Indiana Court of Appeals, Judge John Sharpnack is retirin on May 3, 2008g. Fifteen Candidates applied to fill the vacancy, including Wayne County’s longest serving justice, P. Thomas Snow.
Yesterday, the nominating committee announced the first cut: 7 of the 15 will face public interviews on December 12th, having made the “first cut” in the process:
- Hon. Elaine B. Brown, Dubois Superior Court
- Hon. Jane Spencer Craney, Morgan Superior Court 3
- Mr. Stephen J. Johnson, Executive Director, Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Council
- Mr. Leslie C. Shively, Evansville
- Hon. P. Thomas Snow, Wayne Superior Court 1
- Sen. Brent E. Steele, Bedford
- Hon. G. Michael Witte, Dearborn Superior Court
After the interviews, the committee will nominate 3 candidates and the governor will have 60 days to pick the new judge. Tom Snow is an excellent judge, and a really good person. If the Court of Appeals gets him, he will be missed in Wayne County.
