District Judge Sits With Nebraska Supreme Court

Published by Derek Noehren on Mon, 11/08/2021 - 2:00am

From left, Justice Jonathan Papik, Justice Stephanie Stacy, Judge Terri Harder, Chief Justice Mike Heavican, Justice William Cassel, Justice Jeff Funke, with Justice Lindsey Miller-Lerman participate via video conferencing, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. Arguing before the court is defense attorney Jeffery Pickens. Recording court arguments is Nate Dobbs. (Nebraska Judicial Branch)

The Daily Record

Nebraska District Court Judge Terri S. Harder of Minden was invited to sit with the Nebraska Supreme Court last Tuesday.

Harder heard arguments in the case of State of Nebraska v. Joshua W. Keadle out of Gage County where, on Feb. 13, 2020, the jury found Keadle guilty of second-degree murder. She sat in place of Justice John Freudenberg, who was recused from the case.

The session was held in the Supreme Court Courtroom of the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln.

Chief Justice Mike Heavican and six associate justices make up the bench. On occasion, a justice must recuse themselves from a case, and a judge from a district court or the Court of Appeals is asked to sit with the high court.

Harder was in private practice from 1985 to 1999 before becoming a 10th Judicial District judge.