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In closing statements on the third day of the hearing on District Attorney Greg Newman’s removal from office, his defense attorneys said there has been no proven loss of trust in his office and that his misconduct doesn t rise to the level of willful.
Newman is facing removal from office under G.S. 7A-66 after a group of citizens filed an affidavit in Henderson County Superior Court on Feb. 11.
Judge Robert C. Ervin found grounds to continue proceedings under that statute based on willful misconduct in office and conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice, which brings the office into disrepute.
Superior Court Judge Robert Ervin did not make a decision April 14, the last day of the rare, three-day removal hearing of District Attorney Greg Newman in Henderson County Superior Court.
But in closing statements, independent counsel James Cooney III asked the judge to weigh the power of a district attorney and the “heft” of the men who spoke up for him – sheriffs, police officers, pastors and judges – against the power of alleged sexual assault survivors, bravely speaking their truth to Newman and accusing him of violating their constitutional rights.
Something, Cooney said, that the judge should take into consideration on Newman’s character, if not the misconduct in office for which he was under inquiry.