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NORTH CAROLINA STATE BAR v. TILLETT

No. 208PA15.

794 S.E.2d 743 (2016)

The NORTH CAROLINA STATE BAR v. Jerry R. TILLETT.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Filed December 21, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine Jean , Counsel, and David R. Johnson , Jennifer A. Porter , and G. Patrick Murphy , Deputy Counsels, North Carolina State Bar, for plaintiff-appellee.

Vandeventer Black LLP, Raleigh, by Norman W. Shearin , David P. Ferrell , and Kevin A. Rust , for defendant-appellant.

Roy Cooper , Attorney General, by Melissa L. Trippe , Special Deputy Attorney General, for North Carolina Judicial Standards Commission, amicus curiae.

In this case we consider whether the North Carolina State Bar Disciplinary Hearing Commission (DHC) has the authority to investigate and discipline sitting Judge Jerry R. Tillett (defendant) for his conduct while in office. Because we conclude that the DHC lacks this authority, we reverse the DHC's denial of defendant's motion...

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