New State Supreme Court Justice nominated by Corbutt.
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It's a republican, of course, to fill the position left vacant when Joan Orie Melvin resigned recently.
Corbett selects Stevens to fill vacancy on Supreme Court
By The Associated Press
Published: Thursday, June 13, 2013, 8:24 p.m.
Updated 17 hours ago
HARRISBURG — A state appeals court judge, Correale F. Stevens, was selected on Thursday as Gov. Tom Corbett's nominee to temporarily fill a vacancy on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
The governor announced his decision more than a month after the opening was created following the resignation from the bench of Joan Orie Melvin. Melvin was convicted of using public employees to help her political campaigns.
Stevens, a Republican, is currently president judge of state Superior Court, which handles criminal and civil appeals, and where he has served since 1998. He needs a two-thirds vote by the state Senate to take a seat on the high court bench after approval by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
If he is confirmed, he will return the court to a four-to-three Republican majority and would serve until January 2016. In November 2015, voters will pick a permanent replacement to serve a 10-year term on the court.
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