RALEIGH (AP) A former North Carolina district attorney has effectively been sentenced to self-imposed penalties in a scheme where he and another prosecutor hired each other’s wives to skirt ethics rules. The News & Record of Greensboro reports former Rockingham County ...

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RALEIGH (AP) A former prosecutor in North Carolina has been convicted of providing a no-show job for a colleague’s wife. News outlets reported a jury convicted former Person and Caswell County District Attorney Wallace Bradsher on June 18 of obtaining property ...

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Gov. Roy Cooper made three appointments late last month to judicial and district attorney positions. Lamont Wiggins was named as a Superior Court Judge in District 7B March 29, along with Mario Perez as a District Court Judge in District ...

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WENTWORTH (AP) The group representing North Carolina’s district attorneys will review 16 cases from one county where legal and ethical problems have been found in eight cases handled by a former prosecutor. Interim District Attorney Jason Ramey in Rockingham County said ...

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WENTWORTH (AP) Authorities will review 16 cases handled by a North Carolina prosecutor who left office after pleading guilty to charges involving a deal with another district attorney and their wives. The interim district attorney for Rockingham County, Tom Keith, ...

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A man has been arrested for refusing to leave the Rockingham County jail.

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Gardner v. Tallmadge. (Lawyers Weekly 11-06-0358, 1 p.) (Linda Stephens, J.) Appealed from Rockingham County Superior Court. (L. Todd Burke, J.) On appeal from our Court of Appeals. N.C. S. Ct. Click here for the full text of the opinion. ...

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State v. Buddington. (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-07-0219, 7 pp.) (Donna S. Stroud, J.) Appealed from Rockingham County Superior Court. (L. Todd Burke, J.) N.C. App. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: In a constitutional challenge to ...

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State v. Ziglar (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-07-0123, 8 pp.) (Linda Stephens, J.) Appealed from Rockingham County Superior Court (John O. Craig, J.). N.C. App. Click here to read the full text of the opinion. Holding: The trial court did not ...

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State v. Hernandez. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-07-1233, 22 pp.) (Sam Ervin IV, J.) Appealed from Rockingham County Superior Court. (James M. Webb, J.) N.C. App. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: Even though approximately 70 minutes ...

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