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Published: July 28, 2008
Reassignment order removes criminal judge from docket
By Jay F. Marks
More than 2,400 criminal cases in Oklahoma County are about to be reassigned, thanks to a controversial order by the county's presiding judge.

District Judge Vicki Robertson shuffled some judicial assignments in a June 27 order.

The order — which goes into effect Aug. 1 — resulted in District Judge Bill Graves losing his criminal docket and being assigned to probate cases, a chore that had been handled b...

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