As then-District Attorney Greg Newman was being removed from office, one of the cases discussed at length during his hearing was before the state Supreme Court. No decision was made as the state argued that Newman was simply doing his job in trying to hold a man accountable for his actions, and the defense said that the state already tried the defendant and is now trying to make up for a mistake in litigation. Assistant Attorney General Joseph Hyde, representing the state, argued that Newman's actions were proper in his prosecution of Leonard Schalow on charges related to the near-fatal beating of his wife in 2014.