HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court got back up to full strength on Sunday with the unanimous confirmation in the state Senate of Correale Stevens, 66, as its newest justice.

The Senate voted 50-0 in favor of Stevens, a former state lawmaker who most recently has been president judge of Superior Court, a state appeals court.

Stevens, a Republican, will assume the seat held most recently by Joan Orie Melvin, who resigned May 1 following her conviction on charges she used government employees to help her political campaigns.