Colorado Chief Justice Mary Mullarkey
Update Friday morning
DENVER (AP) -- A judicial nominating committee will meet soon to appoint a replacement for outgoing Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Mullarkey.
Mullarkey announced Thursday that she'll retire at the end of November, saying it's a good time for her personally and professionally to retire after 23 years on the court.
The nominating committee must recommend three possible replacements within 30 days and Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter will then have 15 days to make a decision. Mullarkey will chair the nominating commission but doesn't get to vote on the candidates.
Mullarkey faced a retention election this fall and critics have been urging voters to reject her. She says politics had nothing to do with her decision to resign now.
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Colo. Chief Justice Mullarkey retiring
DENVER (AP) -- Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Mullarkey says she is retiring, effective Nov. 30.
Mullarkey said Thursday it is a good time personally and professionally for her to retire after 23 years on the court.
Former Democratic Gov. Roy Romer appointed her to the seven-member court June 29, 1987. Her fellow justices chose her to be chief justice in 1998.
She was diagnosed in 1994 with multiple sclerosis and was using a walker Thursday but says her eyesight and cognitive abilities haven't been affected.
Mullarkey previously headed the appellate section in the Colorado Attorney General's Office, is a former Colorado solicitor general, and was a legal adviser to former Colorado Gov. Richard Lamm.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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