Mecklenburg County - District 26
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Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Robert P. Johnston
Resident Superior Court Judge W. Robert Bell
Resident Superior Court Judge Richard D. Boner
Resident Superior Court Judge J. Gentry Caudill
Resident Superior Court Judge Yvonne M. Evans
Resident Superior Court Judge Linwood O. Foust
Resident Superior Court Judge Eric Levinson
Superior Court Judge Calvin Murphy
Special Superior Court Judge for Complex Business Cases Albert Diaz
Superior Court Judges for District 26
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Superior Court Judges are attorneys who are elected for each district in non-partisan elections for eight-year terms. Regular superior court judges must reside in the district in which they are elected, but rotate from one district to another within their division.
Special and emergency judges may also be assigned to particular judicial districts by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. The Senior Resident Superior Court Judge has the most seniority of the superior court judges in the district and is responsible for carrying out various administrative duties.
The Superior Court has jurisdiction in both civil and criminal cases. Generally, civil cases involving more than $10,000 in money and a few special categories of cases, such as those involving appeals from administrative agencies and constitutional issues, are tried in Superior Court. In criminal cases, the Superior Court has exclusive jurisdiction over all felonies and over misdemeanors appealed from a conviction in District Court.