Jesse Walters
American judge
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Jesse Raymond Walters Jr.[1] (born December 26, 1938) is a former justice of the Idaho Supreme Court, a member from 1997 to 2003.
Jesse Walters | |
|---|---|
| Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court | |
| In office September 2, 1997 – July 31, 2003 | |
| Appointed by | Governor Phil Batt |
| Preceded by | Charles McDevitt |
| Succeeded by | Roger Burdick |
| Chief Judge of the Idaho Court of Appeals | |
| In office January 4, 1982 – September 2, 1997 | |
| Appointed by | Governor John Evans |
| Preceded by | none |
| Succeeded by | Alan Schwartzman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 26, 1938 |
| Spouse | Harriett Walters |
| Children | 2 sons, 1 daughter |
| Alma mater | University of Idaho (J.D. 1963) |
Born in Rexburg, Idaho, Walters graduated from Idaho Falls High School in 1957, then attended Ricks College in Rexburg for a year. He transferred to the University of Idaho in Moscow, where received his bachelor's degree and a J.D. from its College of Law in 1963. He passed the bar in Idaho that year and clerked at the Idaho Supreme Court for a year, then entered private practice.
In 1977, Walters was appointed a state judge in the fourth district (Boise) by Governor John Evans and was the first chief judge of the Idaho Court of Appeals, which began in 1982.[2][3]
Fifteen years later, he was appointed by Governor Phil Batt in 1997 to fill the vacancy of the retiring Charles McDevitt on the state supreme court.[4] Walters was unopposed in 1998[5] and retired in 2003, succeeded by Roger Burdick.[6]
