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This page is about the former judge on the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals. If you are looking for another person named "Charles Johnson," please see: Charles Johnson.



Charles A. Johnson was the vice-presiding judge of the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals. He was appointed to the court on October 31, 1989, by Republican Governor Henry Bellmon. Johnson was retained on November 4, 2008. He retired from the bench on July 31, 2014, after 25 years on the court.[1]

Education

Johnson received his undergraduate degree from the University of Oklahoma and his LL.B. from the University of Oklahoma in 1955.[2]

Career

Awards and associations

  • 1993: Appellate Judge of the Year, Oklahoma Trial Lawyers Association
  • Selected as one of three Outstanding Young Oklahomans[2]

Political ideology

See also: Political ideology of State Supreme Court Justices

In October 2012, political science professors Adam Bonica and Michael Woodruff of Stanford University attempted to determine the partisan ideology of state supreme court justices. They created a scoring system in which a score above 0 indicated a more conservative-leaning ideology, while scores below 0 were more liberal.

Johnson received a campaign finance score of 0.96, indicating a conservative ideological leaning. This was more conservative than the average score of 0.33 that justices received in Oklahoma.

The study was based on data from campaign contributions by the judges themselves, the partisan leaning of those who contributed to the judges' campaigns, or, in the absence of elections, the ideology of the appointing body (governor or legislature). This study was not a definitive label of a justice, but an academic summary of various relevant factors.[3]

See also

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