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Black Judge to Join N.C. Supreme Court
By Rachael Cottone | February 7Gov. Mike Easley appointed Judge G.K. Butterfield, a Superior Court judge with more than two decades of legal experience, to the N.C. Supreme Court on Monday.Butterfield, who will be the only black justice on the court, will be sworn in Thursday, filling the court's only empty justice position. He will occupy the seat vacated by I. Beverly Lake, who was elected chief justice in November. Lake, who already had a seat on the court, defeated Henry Frye, the first black chief justice in North Carolina. Butterfield said he was pleased with the appointment.
