RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Joe John, a former North Carolina appeals court judge, state crime lab director and until this week a state House member, has died at age 85, his family announced on Wednesday.

North Carolina state Rep. Joe John, a longtime Raleigh lawmaker and former judge, died on Wednesday. John had only just resigned his District 40 House seat in the General Assembly days earlier, as ...

RALEIGH. North Carolina state Rep. Joe John, a longtime Raleigh lawmaker and former judge, died on Wednesday. John had only just resigned his District 40 House seat in the General Assembly days ...

WAKE COUNTY, N.C. (AP) - Joe John, a former North Carolina appeals court judge, state crime lab director and state House member, has died at age 85. John’s family made the announcement Wednesday.

Update: Rep. Joe John died Jan. 22, 2025. For more on his legacy, read this story. Following a terminal cancer diagnosis, Rep. Joe John, a Wake County Democrat who served in the North Carolina ...

Joe John, a former North Carolina appeals court judge, state crime lab director and state House member, died at age 85, his family announced on Jan. 22, 2025.