MARTIN v. STATE

No. 422PA91.

410 S.E.2d 474 (1991)

330 N.C. 412

Harry C. MARTIN, and Eugene H. Phillips v. The STATE of North Carolina.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 6, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blanchard, Twiggs, Abrams & Strickland, P.A. by Charles F. Blanchard, Raleigh, and J. Wilson Parker, Winston-Salem, for plaintiff-appellant Judge Phillips.

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by Andrew A. Vanore, Jr., Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., and Norma S. Harrell, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.


EXUM, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff Martin,1 an associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, and plaintiff Phillips, a judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals at the time suit was filed, brought this action seeking a declaration of their rights under Article IV, Section 16 of the North Carolina Constitution and N.C.G.S. § 7A-4.20. Article IV, Section 16 provides for an eight-year term of office for justices and judges of...

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