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By Howard Fischer
Capitol Media Services
PHOENIX Arizona Supreme Court Justice Andrew Gould is leaving the bench after just over fopur years in that job.
In a news release Friday from the court, Gould, who had been a Yuma County Superior Court judge, did not cite a reason for leaving. He is only 57; judges and justices can serve until age 70.
Gould was one of two justices selected by Ducey in 2016 after the Republican-controlled Arizona Legislature agreed to expand the bench from five to seven. That appointment, along with John Lopez IV, who had been the state s solicitor general, gave the governor his second and third justices on the bench.