Former state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin is arguing in an appeal before the Superior Court that the prosecution encroached on judicial affairs exclusively regulated by the high court, and that she was improperly precluded from admitting evidence to show her output as a judge.
Orie Melvin, who was convicted on political corruption charges in February, filed her brief with the Superior Court in Commonwealth v. Orie Melvin on Dec. 4. Attorney Daniel T. Brier of Myers, Brier & Kelly filed the 100-page court paper that outlined 15 issues on behalf of the ex-justice.
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