Jesse Walters should not be confused with Jesse Watters.
| Jesse Walters | |
| Office: | Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court |
| Appointer: | Governor Phil Batt |
| Predecessor: | Charles McDevitt |
| Successor: | Roger Burdick |
| Office1: | Chief Judge of the Idaho Court of Appeals |
| Appointer1: | Governor John Evans |
| Predecessor1: | none |
| Successor1: | Alan Schwartzman |
| Birth Date: | 26 December 1938 |
| Birth Place: | Rexburg, Idaho |
| Spouse: | Harriett Walters |
| Children: | 2 sons, 1 daughter |
| Alma Mater: | University of Idaho (J.D. 1963) |
Jesse Raymond Walters Jr.[1] (born December 26, 1938) is a former justice of the Idaho Supreme Court, a member from 1997 to 2003.
Born in Rexburg, Idaho, Walters graduated from Idaho Falls High School in 1957, then attended Ricks College in Rexburg for a year. He transferred to the University of Idaho in Moscow, where received his bachelor's degree and a J.D. from its College of Law in 1963. He passed the bar in Idaho that year and clerked at the Idaho Supreme Court for a year, then entered private practice.
In 1977, Walters was appointed a state judge in the fourth district (Boise) by Governor John Evans and was the first chief judge of the Idaho Court of Appeals, which began in 1982.[2] [3]
Fifteen years later, he was appointed by Governor Phil Batt in 1997 to fill the vacancy of the retiring Charles McDevitt on the state supreme court.[4] Walters was unopposed in 1998[5] and retired in 2003, succeeded by Roger Burdick.[6]