This week Governor Roy Cooper appointed R. Andrew Murray, the former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, as the acting District Attorney for Prosecutorial District 42 following the removal of Greg Newman from office. Murray served as the District Attorney in Mecklenburg County prior to serving in the federal Western District. Keep reading for more on this story and other news. Newman. As the Asheville Citizen Times reports, Greg Newman no longer is the district attorney for Henderson, Polk, and Transylvania counties after being removed from office under G.S. 7A-66, which provides for removal on the basis of, among other things, willful misconduct and conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice. The Citizen Times report says that Superior Court Judge Robert C. Ervin’s removal order focused primarily on State Bar disciplinary actions against Newman and a Court of Appeals opinion finding that he had engaged in prosecutorial vindictiveness. Newman became only the third district attorney to be removed under the statute, the others being Jerry Spivey in 1995 and Tracy Cline in 2012. Winston-Salem. The Winston-Salem Journal reports that a man died in a police standoff involving an exchange of gunfire on Wednesday. Winston-Salem Police officers responded to a report of trouble at a home and upon arrival found Edwin Joseph Castillo Jr. lying unconscious in the doorway. The article says that Castillo regained consciousness and began struggling with an officer over a pistol in his pocket. Offices established a perimeter around the home and Castillo started a [...]
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