Arnold Jones II

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Arnold O. Jones II
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Prior offices
North Carolina 2nd Superior Court Division Judicial District 8B

Education

Bachelor's

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1986

Law

Wake Forest University, 1989


Arnold O. Jones, II is a former senior resident superior court judge for the Second Division of the Superior Court, 8B Judicial District, serving Wayne County in North Carolina. He was elected to the court on November 4, 2008. Jones ran for re-election on November 8, 2016, but was defeated.

Biography

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Jones received his B.S. in business administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1986 and his J.D. from the Wake Forest University School of Law in 1989. Before joining the court, Jones practiced law in Goldsboro, N.C., from 1989 until his election to the court on November 4, 2008.[1][2]

Elections

2016

See also: North Carolina local trial court judicial elections, 2016

North Carolina held general elections for local judicial offices on November 8, 2016. A primary election took place on March 15, 2016.[3] Will Bland defeated incumbent Arnold Jones II in the Superior Court 2nd Division District 8B general election.[4]

North Carolina Superior Court 2nd Division, District 8B, General Election, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Will Bland 63.77% 29,505
Arnold Jones II Incumbent 36.23% 16,761
Total Votes 46,266
Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Unofficial election results," accessed November 8, 2016

Incumbent Arnold Jones II and Will Bland defeated Jerry Braswell in the Superior Court 2nd Division District 8B primary election.

North Carolina Superior Court 2nd Division, District 8B, Primary Election, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Arnold Jones II Incumbent 43.78% 10,160
Green check mark transparent.png Will Bland 31.33% 7,270
Jerry Braswell 24.89% 5,777
Total Votes 23,207
Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Unofficial election results," accessed November 8, 2016

Selection method

See also: Partisan election of judges

The 98 judges of the North Carolina Superior Courts are chosen in partisan elections to serve eight-year terms. From 1998 through 2016, elections for superior court judges were nonpartisan; however, on March 23, 2017, the North Carolina legislature changed the method of election to partisan elections by overriding Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of HB 100. This change was effective with the 2018 superior court elections.[5][6][7][8][9]

The chief judge of each superior court is chosen by seniority.[10]

Qualifications
To serve on a superior court, a judge must be:

  • "learned in the law" and
  • under the age of 72 (retirement at 72 is mandatory).[10]

Noteworthy events

Judge arrested for bribery (2015)

Judge Arnold Jones was arrested in November 2015 for allegedly trying to bribe an FBI agent to get him a log of text messages without a warrant. According to the federal indictment, the judge asked the FBI agent for the text messages in exchange for some cases of beer. It later was changed to $100 in cash.[11]

Jones allegedly told the agent, "I want down low – see what you can do without drawing attention. … This involves family so I don’t want anybody to know."[12] The FBI agent gave Jones a disc which appeared to contain the texts, but was a fake. Jones faced federal charges of bribing a public official and corrupting official proceedings.[11]

Read the federal indictment here.

Jones was convicted of three felonies in connection with the case on October 21, 2016. He faced sentencing on March 27, 2017.[13]

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