Word: meaker
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...trained superior court judges are well aware of the side judges' popularity. Says Judge John Meaker: "If it develops confidence in the judicial system, then it serves an important role." Some jurists are not convinced that they need any help from assistant judges. Chief Justice Franklin Billings of the state's supreme court thinks "their use as far as the law is concerned has been outdated." Says Montpelier Attorney Robert Kurrle: "Lay people are just not as sensitive as lawyers to questions of due process...