Updated at 7:54 p.m., Thursday, April 5, 2007
Harry Freitas nominated as Big Island judge
Advertiser Staff
The state Judicial Selection Commission today submitted Harry Freitas as its nominee for District Court judge on the Big Island.Freitas had been chosen by Hawai'i Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald T.Y. Moon for the vacancy but was rejected this week by the state Senate because Moon missed a constitutional deadline to make the appointment.
Moon had 30 days to name his nominees after the commission gave him a list of candidates. Since the nominees were submitted too late, the commission has the power to make the nomination. It chose Freitas, an attorney with the Big Island's deputy corporation counsel.
The commission's nomination for a second judicial vacancy on the Big Island is pending.
