Jan
31
2010
Judge’s departure came after peers confronted him (WCNC Charlotte)
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — After 28 years on the bench, Charlotte’s Superior Court Judge Robert Johnston quit without a word. He won’t say why he walked away from a job to which voters elected him five times, one that pays $158,667 a year. But Johnston’s good friend and colleague, Judge Nathaniel Poovey, says Johnston’s alcoholism and need for treatment prompted his abrupt decision to retire on Jan. 12 …
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