71.   Carchman noted that a state judge had questioned all the grand jurors about news of the indictment and that they said it had not influenced them.

72.   Connolly made no apologies for passing along the documents after being alerted to their existence by a state judge.

73.   Despite some corroborating evidence, a state judge in Manhattan said he did not believe the new confession and refused to order a new trial.

74.   Democrats have challenged her decision in court, and a state judge said he would rule on the matter Friday.

75.   Earlier this month, in fact, a state judge in California ruled that the law extended to the sale of bootlegged music on eBay.

76.   Earlier this month, a state judge threw out the ordinance, ruling that the county legislature had exceeded its authority.

77.   Earlier this week, a state judge refused to exempt Stern from a law requiring all statewide candidates to file a financial disclosure form with the ethics agency.

78.   Earlier this year, a state Supreme Court judge ruled that the two promoters were partially responsible.

79.   Federal judges and some state judges are not elected at all, but appointed.