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Thursday, October 01, 2009

Ind. Courts - More today on: A bizarre story this afternoon involving the wife of a Marion Superior Court judge

Updating this ILB entry from July 1st, Jon Murray of the Indianapolis Star reports today that the "Forgery case will need a new special prosecutor," because:

A special prosecutor appointed to handle a politically sensitive forgery case because of Marion County prosecutors' conflict of interest now has one of her own.

Judith Johnson, a deputy prosecutor in Clinton County, has accepted a job as a deputy prosecutor with the Marion County office, which recused itself in June.
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The case involves a judge's wife who could face criminal charges on an accusation she forged the signature of another judge in an attempt to prevent a home foreclosure.

Now, the case likely will need a new special prosecutor, who would be appointed by Special Judge Jane Spencer Craney of Morgan County. * * *

Johnson had not yet announced a decision on whether Kristina Nelson, the wife of Marion Superior Court Judge William Nelson, will face criminal charges.

Kristina Nelson, 43, was accused in June in police and court documents of forging the signature of another Marion County judge -- Sheila A. Carlisle, her sister-in-law -- on a fake court order and sending it to a mortgage company as part of an elaborate ruse to stop a home foreclosure.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on October 1, 2009 09:26 AM
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