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North Carolina court reverses contempt charge against potential juror who wouldn't wear mask

Associated Press

A North Carolina appeals court has decided a trial judge wrongly found a potential juror in criminal contempt for refusing to wear a mask in 2022 due to COVID-19.

Hundreds of protesters and a group of counter-protesters gathered in front of the Alamance Courthouse in 2020 as they clashed over the fate of the Confederate monument. PAUL GARBER/WFDD FILE

Politics & Government

Alamance NAACP won't appeal decision on Confederate statue

Paul Garber

The NAACP and other Alamance plaintiffs were trying to relocate the statue from one of the most prominent places in the county.

Judge Chris Dillon succeeds Judge Donna Stroud, who had been chief judge for three years and remains on the court. Image courtesy of N.C. Judicial Branch.

Politics & Government

Chief judge is replaced in a shakeup on the North Carolina Court of Appeals

Associated Press

North Carolina’s chief justice has quietly replaced the next leader of the state’s intermediate-level appeals court. The new chief judge at the Court of Appeals is Judge Chris Dillon, whose appointment took effect Monday.

Politics & Government

GOP primary will include three judicial statewide races

Paul Garber

North Carolina's U.S. Senate and a slew of congressional races are getting the bulk of the attention in this year's midterm primary. Among the statewide…

Courts

Gov. Cooper Fills Court Of Appeals Vacancies

Paul Garber

Gov. Roy Cooper has appointed two people to fill vacancies on the state Court of Appeals. One of them is state ACLU legal director Chris Brook. In 2016,…