WADESBORO The Anson County Board of Commissioners and the county manager avoided appearing in court after filing the proper documentation relating to the COVID-19 precautions in the courthouse to allow jury trials to resume.
Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Stephan Futrell issued an order to appear and show cause on each individual commissioner and Barron Monroe, the county manager, on Feb. 8. Futrell was not satisfied with the county’s efforts to improve sanitation measures.
A jury trial resumption plan was originally submitted in August to then-Justice of the N.C. Supreme Court Cheri Beasley. The plan was drafted, submitted, finalized and signed off on by Beasley, according to Anson’s Clerk of Superior Court Mark Hammonds.