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Herbert Wright
Herbert T. Wright is the Division 4 judge of the Sixth Circuit of Arkansas. He won election to the seat in 2008. He was re-elected to the Sixth Circuit on May 20, 2014 for a term expiring in 2020.[1][2][3][4]
Elections
2014
See also: Arkansas judicial elections, 2014
Wright ran for re-election to the Sixth Circuit.
General: He won without opposition in the general election on May 20, 2014.
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Education
Wright completed his undergraduate education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He earned his J.D. at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.[2]
Career
Before becoming a judge for the Sixth Circuit, Wright was judge of the Wrightsville District Court from 2005 to 2008. Prior to that, Wright had a private practice that he had held since the end of 1990, after Judge Perry V. Whitmore retired. Wright had begun his law career as a clerk for Whitmore.[2]
Awards and associations
- President, Pulaski County Bar Foundation
- Board member, Pulaski County Bar Association[2]
Noteworthy cases
Military recruiting station shooting
Judge Wright presided over the trial of Abdulhakim Muhammad, a man charged with shooting two soldiers outside a Little Rock military recruiting station in 2009, one of whom died from his wounds. Because of an Arkansas law requiring a trial for any case in which lethal injection is a possible sentence, Muhammad reached a deal with prosecutors to plead guilty after the beginning of trial, on the condition they did not seek the death penalty. Once he pleaded guilty to the charges against him, Wright sentenced Muhammad to 12 life sentences plus 180 years in prison.[5]
See also
External links
- Arkansas Secretary of State, "Candidate information: 2014 preferential primary elections & non partisan general election," accessed April 7, 2014
- Arkansas Judiciary, "Circuit courts," accessed April 13, 2014
- The Commercial Appeal, "Undated letter from Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad to Judge Herbert W. Wright, undated (dead link)
Footnotes
- ↑ Arkansas Judiciary, "Circuit courts," accessed April 12, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Daily Record, "Bar Foundation leader advocates worthy projects," September 6, 2013
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Arkansas Secretary of State, "Candidate Information: Herbert T. Wright," accessed April 8, 2014
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Arkansas Secretary of State, "2014 Arkansas Preferential Primary Elections and Nonpartisan Election," updated May 29, 2014
- ↑ FoxNews.com, "Man sentenced to life in Arkansas military recruiting station shooting," July 25, 2011
Federal courts:
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Arkansas, Western District of Arkansas • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Arkansas, Western District of Arkansas
State courts:
Arkansas Supreme Court • Arkansas Court of Appeals • Arkansas Circuit Courts • Arkansas District Courts • Arkansas City Courts
State resources:
Courts in Arkansas • Arkansas judicial elections • Judicial selection in Arkansas
