Onslow County's Senior Resident Superior Court Judge is the Honorable Charles H. Henry. Judge Henry was appointed to this position in February, 1998, and was thereafter elected to an eight (8) year term in November, 1998. Judge Henry received an undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and his law degree from Wake Forest University. Prior to serving on the bench he practiced law in Onslow County from 1980 until 1998, and was a Certified Superior Court Mediator.
Superior court judges are rotated within designated regions of the state for six (6) months at a time. Therefore, judges from other parts of eastern North Carolina may be assigned to hold court in Onslow County depending on the current schedule.
For additional information, or to direct correspondence, you may contact:
Bettini Latham
Superior Court Judicial Assistant
P. O. Box 845
Jacksonville, NC 28540
Telephone: (910) 938-3552
Fax: (910) 455-2543
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.
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