WRAL: Fact Check: Was Cooper 'stripped of his responsibility' over crime lab?

http://www.wral.com/fact-check-was-cooper-stripped-of-his-responsibility-over-crime-lab-/15991501/

Fact Check: Was Cooper 'stripped of his responsibility' over crime lab?

By Mark Binker

RALEIGH, N.C. — There may be no bigger liability on Attorney General Roy Cooper's political ledger than his office's management of the North Carolina State Crime Lab, so it's no surprise the Republican Governors Association seeks to exploit that history in a campaign ad that started running in August. 

The RGA is a national group that pipes money into state gubernatorial campaigns. .... 

http://www.wral.com/fact-check-was-cooper-stripped-of-his-responsibility-over-crime-lab-/15991501/

WRAL: Fact Check: Is it true Cooper 'fixed the problems' at the crime lab?

http://www.wral.com/fact-check-is-it-true-cooper-fixed-the-problems-at-the-crime-lab-/15991330/

Fact Check: Is it true Cooper 'fixed the problems' at the crime lab?

By Mark Binker

RALEIGH, N.C. — Attorney General Roy Cooper wasted little time last month in responding to an attack on his record managing the North Carolina State Crime Lab, which was plagued by scandal during the first half of his tenure and still experiences long processing times for certain cases. 

Cooper, a Democrat, is running  ..... 

http://www.wral.com/fact-check-is-it-true-cooper-fixed-the-problems-at-the-crime-lab-/15991330/

Daily Advance: High court should let Tillett case play out

http://www.dailyadvance.com/Our-Views/2016/09/04/High-court-should-let-Tillett-case-play-out.html

High court should let Tillett case play out

Sunday, September 4, 2016

The N.C. Supreme Court heard arguments last week on whether it should intervene and put a stop to an N.C. State Bar disciplinary hearing against Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Jerry Tillett of the 1st Judicial District. This was a big deal because the outcome could affect the chief...

http://www.dailyadvance.com/Our-Views/2016/09/04/High-court-should-let-Tillett-case-play-out.html

Daily Advance: Top court hears Tillett dispute

http://www.dailyadvance.com/News/2016/08/31/Court-hears-Tillett-dispute.html

Top court hears Tillett dispute

By William F. West
Staff Writer

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

RALEIGH — An attorney for the state agency that regulates attorneys in North Carolina told the state’s highest court on Tuesday that there would be no overlap of powers if the N.C. State Bar was allowed to proceed with disciplinary action against Superior Court Judge Jerry Tillett....

http://www.dailyadvance.com/News/2016/08/31/Court-hears-Tillett-dispute.html

NC Lawyers Weekly: Justices concerned over bar’s power to discipline judges

http://nclawyersweekly.com/2016/08/31/justices-concerned-over-bars-power-to-discipline-judges/

Justices concerned over bar’s power to discipline judges

By: David Donovan August 31, 2016

The North Carolina State Bar argued that it has the authority to discipline judges for judicial misconduct to the justices of the state’s Supreme Court on Aug. 30. But members of the court pressed the attorneys in the case on how any rules they lay down in the case of Dare County Superior Court Judge ...

http://nclawyersweekly.com/2016/08/31/justices-concerned-over-bars-power-to-discipline-judges/

NC Supreme Court: Nc State Bar v. Tillett (208PA15), Oral Argument 2016-08-30

All documents in the case: https://www.ncappellatecourts.org/search-results.php?sDocketSearch=208PA15&exact=1

Daily Advance: Top court to hear Tillett, Bar dispute

http://www.dailyadvance.com/News/2016/08/29/Top-court-to-hear-Tillett-Bar-dispute.html

Top court to hear Tillett, Bar dispute

By William F. West
Staff Writer

Monday, August 29, 2016

North Carolina’s highest court is scheduled to hear arguments this week on whether Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Jerry Tillett can be disciplined by two different state regulatory agencies for the same conduct.

The justices of the N.C. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments...

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