Jesse Walters | |
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Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court | |
In office September 2, 1997 –July 31, 2003 | |
Appointed by | Governor Phil Batt |
Preceded by | Charles McDevitt |
Succeeded by | Roger Burdick |
Chief Judge of the Idaho Court of Appeals | |
In office January 4, 1982 –September 2, 1997 | |
Appointed by | Governor John Evans |
Preceded by | none |
Succeeded by | Alan Schwartzman |
Personal details | |
Born | Rexburg,Idaho | December 26,1938
Spouse | Harriett Walters |
Children | 2 sons,1 daughter |
Alma mater | University of Idaho (J.D. 1963) |
Jesse Raymond Walters Jr. [1] (born December 26,1938) is a former justice of the Idaho Supreme Court,a member from 1997 to 2003.
Born in Rexburg,Idaho,Walters graduated from Idaho Falls High School in 1957,then attended Ricks College in Rexburg for a year. He transferred to the University of Idaho in Moscow,where received his bachelor's degree and a J.D. from its College of Law in 1963. He passed the bar in Idaho that year and clerked at the Idaho Supreme Court for a year,then entered private practice.
In 1977,Walters was appointed a state judge in the fourth district (Boise) by Governor John Evans and was the first chief judge of the Idaho Court of Appeals,which began in 1982. [2] [3]
Fifteen years later,he was appointed by Governor Phil Batt in 1997 to fill the vacancy of the retiring Charles McDevitt on the state supreme court. [4] Walters was unopposed in 1998 [5] and retired in 2003,succeeded by Roger Burdick. [6]
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