A COVID-19 outbreak among five employees in the J.B. Allen Courthouse suspended criminal court proceedings from Wednesday to Friday. Senior Superior Court Judge Tom Lambeth announced Friday he would reopen courts Monday after consulting with the health department and judicial leadership team.
The Alamance County Detention Center is still dealing with a worsening outbreak now affecting 81, including 62 inmates and 19 staff.
“We will still not be able to bring any inmates to court from the jail, but will handle any inmate matters remotely,” Lambeth wrote.
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The petition against closing Alamance County District Court to spectators and reporters has been dismissed by the North Carolina Court of Appeals after county courts released an order allowing limited access.
“It doesn’t shock me, it s sort of a way of side-stepping a delicate issue,” said Mark Prak, a Raleigh based media lawyer who has represented the Times-News in the past. “We re in a pandemic and if there s judicial proceedings, there s got to be a way for the public to see them, and the press is the public s surrogates in most cases.
Reporters were turned away from District Court on Dec. 2 and Dec. 8 when cases connected to the Oct. 31 I am Change march and crackdown in Graham were before visiting Judge Fred Wilkins. Citing COVID-19 restrictions, Wilkins allowed only defendants, victims and lawyers into the courtroom.
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On Dec. 31, Superior Court Judge S. Lark Ingram will step down from her bench after a 25-year tenure in the Cobb County Courthouse. Her retirement marks the end of two generations of judges in her family, who leave behind a long legacy that has shaped much of Cobbâs judicial history.Â
The name Ingram has been familiar around the Cobb County courthouse for decades. Her father, Conley Ingram, the former Superior Court judge and Georgia Supreme Court justice, was a beloved fixture of the Marietta legal community for decades until his death last year.Â
Raised in Marietta, Ingram grew up surrounded by the legal community of which her father was a significant part. Sheâs also first to say she was never expected to grow up and follow in her dadâs footsteps.