Sandy Martinez
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Sandy Martinez is a circuit court judge for the 24th Circuit Court in Missouri. In 2000, she was elected the first female circuit judge for St. Francois County. She was re-elected for a third term in 2012 which expires in 2018.[1][2]
Education
Martinez received her undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at El Paso and her J.D. from the University of Missouri-Columbia.[3]
Career
Before being elected as a circuit judge, Martinez worked as an assistant public defender, as an assistant prosecuting attorney and as a prosecuting attorney. She was admitted to the bar in 1994.[3][4]
2012 election
Martinez ran unopposed and was re-elected to the 24th Circuit Court, Division 1.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name cannot be a simple integer. Use a descriptive title[5]
- See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2012
Approach to the law
Martinez was quoted in Daily Journal Online:
| “ | I'll be honest. I never let anyone off early on probation, because I thought that didn't make sense. If I said five years it meant five years. I started with my kids. If I said no it meant no. I just think it's important and if you start changing that it becomes a very subjective thing. I'm going to let 'you' off in four, and I'm going to let 'you' off in three and it becomes very subjective.[6] - Sandy Martinez[7] | ” |
See also
- Missouri Circuit Courts
- Missouri 24th Judicial Circuit Court
- Judicial selection in Missouri
- Madison County, Missouri
- Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri
- Saint Francois County, Missouri
- Washington County, Missouri
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 24th Circuit
- ↑ Missouri Bar, "Missouri Legal Trivia," Winter 2012
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 MyLawNetwork.com, Sandy Martinez profile
- ↑ Martindale profile
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "Unofficial primary candidate filing list"
- ↑ Daily Journal Online, "Judge discusses changes in courts," July 24, 2013
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
Federal courts:
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Missouri, Western District of Missouri • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Missouri, Western District of Missouri
State courts:
Missouri Supreme Court • Missouri Court of Appeals • Missouri Circuit Courts • Missouri Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in Missouri • Missouri judicial elections • Judicial selection in Missouri
