Jeffre Cheuvront
Jeffre Cheuvront is a former Nebraska District Courts judge for District 3 in Nebraska. He served in this position from 1983 until 2011.[1][2][3]
Education
Cheuvront received his B.A. degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1961 and his J.D. degree from the University of Nebraska College of Law in 1964.[1]
Career
Cheuvront began his career in 1964 as a private practice lawyer in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1973, he joined the 3rd Judicial District as a county court judge. He was promoted to District Court Judge ten years later, in 1983.[1]
2010 election
Cheuvront will stand for retention in 2010.[4]
- See also: Nebraska judicial elections, 2010
The "R" word ban case
In 2007, Judge Cheuvront received national attention over for barring a rape victim from saying "rape" in a sexual assault trial, while allowing defense attorneys to use words such as "sex" and "intercourse." A mistrial was declared in the defendant's first trial when the jury deadlocked. The second trial failed to advance beyond jury selection when Cheuvront declared a mistrial, citing news coverage and public protests on Bowen's behalf. A federal lawsuit filed in 2007 in Lincoln contends that Cheuvront violated the victim's rights of due process and free speech by banning the words "rape," "sexual assault," "victim" and "assailant" from testimony in the November 2006 trial of alleged assailant Pamir Safi.[5][6]
Judicial Qualifications Commission
Judge Cheuvront was appointed to serve on the Nebraska Judicial Qualifications Commission on October 9, 1998. He was re-appointed in 2001, 2005 and 2009 and his term ended on March 31, 2013.[7]
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nebraska Courts, "Official biography of Judge Jeffre Cheuvront"
- ↑ Nebraska Courts, "List of Nebraska District Court judges" (dead link)
- ↑ Lincoln Journal Star, "Governor names 2 new district judges for Lancaster County," October 4, 2011
- ↑ Nebraska Secretary of State, Judges running for retention
- ↑ ABA Journa, "Rape victim sues judge over "R" word ban"
- ↑ Above the Law, "Judge Prevails in R-Word Ban Lawsuit"
- ↑ Nebraska Judicial Qualifications Commission, "Jeffre Cheuvront"
Federal courts:
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Nebraska • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Nebraska
State courts:
Nebraska Supreme Court • Nebraska Court of Appeals • Nebraska District Courts • Nebraska County Courts • Nebraska Separate Juvenile Courts • Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court • Nebraska Problem-Solving Courts
State resources:
Courts in Nebraska • Nebraska judicial elections • Judicial selection in Nebraska
