IN RE KISER

No. COA96-859.

484 S.E.2d 441 (1997)

In re Charles Edward KISER, Jr. Magistrate.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 6, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Michael F. Easley by Associate Attorney General Melanie L. Vtipil, for the State.

Poisson, Poisson, Bower & Clodfelter by Fred D. Poisson, Jr., Wadesboro, for respondent appellant.


ARNOLD, Chief Judge.

Respondent contends that Judge Webb committed reversible error by concluding that aiding and abetting an eighteen-year-old in the possession of spirituous liquor constitutes grounds for removal of a magistrate from office. We disagree.

The North Carolina Constitution requires the legislature to enact laws providing for the removal of magistrates in the event of misconduct. N.C. Const. art. IV, § 17(3). In response to this mandate...

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