By Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor
RALEIGH, N.C. — Gov. Roy Cooper on Tuesday named state Supreme Court Justice Cheri Beasley the next chief justice of the court, making her the first black woman to lead North Carolina’s highest court.
Beasley will assume her new post on March 1, following the resignation of Chief Justice Mark Martin, who is leaving to become dean of the Regent University School of Law in Virginia.
“I know Justice Beasley to be fair and deeply committed to viewing all North Carolinians equally through the eyes of the law,” Cooper said in announcing his selection.
