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The Indiana Supreme Court issued an order Friday certifying Terry Crone as an Indiana Court of Appeals senior judge.
Crone retired last week after 20 years on the state appellate bench, with a retirement ceremony held at the Indiana Supreme Court Courtroom on the third floor of the Indiana Statehouse.
In his 20 years on the Indiana Court of Appeals, Crone helped decide several high-profile cases, including overturning Purvi Patel’s 20-year sentence for feticide and child neglect, and blocking Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter from accessing Planned Parenthood’s records.
He started his career as a judge in 1986, when he was approached by St. Joseph Circuit Judge John Montgomery to be his magistrate. Crone, a trial attorney at the time, did that for about two years. When Evan Bayh was elected governor, he appointed Crone to the St. Joseph Circuit Court.
Gov. Joe Kernan appointed him to the appellate court in 2004.
Crone’s appointment as a senior judge became effective Nov. 6 and will run through Dec. 31, 2025.
Courts use senior judges as a replacement in the absence of a regular judge, as a complement to the regular judge or to oversee the processing of certain types of cases or court programs.
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