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- ↑ "Raleigh County Court Information - West Virginia Judiciary". www.courtswv.gov. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
- ↑ "Judges of the Circuit Courts" (PDF). West Virginia Legislature. 2010–2015.
- ↑ Holdren, Wendy (16 January 2015). "Judge Burnside sentences four people Thursday in Raleigh County Circuit Court". The Register-Herald . Retrieved May 2, 2023.
- ↑ "West Virginia Blue Book (1991)" (PDF). West Virginia Legislature.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "WV Judicial System Judges". www.courtswv.gov. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
- ↑ Robert A. Burnside, Jr. election information at West Virginia Secretary of State from the primary elections on May 1, 2016.
- ↑ Hill, Matthew (January 7, 2008). "Burnside to serve as chief circuit judge for 2008" . The Register-Herald . Retrieved May 3, 2023.
